NovelEnglishMy cheeks heated, and | spun away from him.
| couldn't believe | had actually let that jerk scarelike that!
“I was just joking around,” he said with laughter still in his voice. “Con. I'm gonna need you to have a sense
of humor tonight. I'm going to need your help shaking things up on my blind date.”
| turned back toward him and crossed my arms. “Hell, no. Like I'm going to help you after that stunt you just
pulled.” | scoffed. “I don’t want any involvement in your little games.”
His demeanor changed in an instant, and anger sparked in his dark
eyes.
But I just narrowed my eyes back at him. | wouldn't allow him to intimidate me.
“If you aren’t going to take your appointment with Ms. Wright seriously, then I'm not going,” I said.
Alexander squinted and seemed like he was thinking things through. After a moment, he sighed.
“Fine, since you're forcingto go on this date, then I will.”
My mouth dropped open in shock. | hadn't forced him on this date! His mother had been the one to set it up. |
was just the one who was unfortunately caught in the crossfire of family .
In the parking garage, Richard held open the door for me, and | was relieved to see a friendly face. | told him the
address of the restaurant
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Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthat Alexander's mom had given me, and then we were off.
As Richard drove through the crowded streets, Alexander rested his head back and closed his eyes. His face was
grim, and his body tense.
A hopeless feeling settled low in my stomach. | couldn't believe that | had to join Alexander on a blind date with
another woman all because Korbin reported seeing us arrive to work together to Alexander's parents.
Right before we arrived at our destination, my phone chimed with a message from Ava.
My pulse quickened. What more could possibly go wrong today?
| opened Ava’s message, and a jolt of apprehension went down my spine when I read it.
“You have to listen to the voice recording | just sent! It’s a conversation between Chloe and her mother!"
| could barely contain my excitement as I fished around in my bag for my headphones. Once | was all set, |
played the recording. My hand was shaking slightly as I gripped my phone in my sweaty palm.
“Please, Chloe,” Mrs. Windsor's
anxious voice said right into my ears
from the headphones. | almost
gasped out loud from the raw worry
in her tone but managed to stay
quiet. “You have to REE om
acg{tiath&s been blessed. It
fon in your marriage to the
Hawthrone family.” Chloe's mom
paused for a long time, and |
wondered if the recording was over.
Then, she spoke again. “If you don't
wear this necklace....I'm terrified that
Russell Lewis's ghost will cfor
you and destroy everything that our
family has worked so hard for.
Sometimes....sometimes | can feel
that boy's presence when I'm around
you. | can feel him watching you,
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My heart slammed against my rib cage, and my hand tightened around my phone. Was Russell Lewis Chloe's
classmate whose death she had been mysteriously involved in?
Chloe scoffed dismissively. “Mom,
you're being ridiculous. I'm not
scared of Russell|He was @EaK and
dymbedthah Yocks. Even if he did
cback as a ghost, | would just
kill him again. Russell doesn't scare
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My stomach plummeted, and shock
sizzled through my veins. Ava had
done it! She had eam
Chloe admitting 1d the ct that she
hid Killed her classmate. Was this
enough evidence to go to the police?
| wasn't sure. Ava would know
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