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My shoulder’s sagged. “You're right. If that were the case, we would be going to Luceland for no reason. It would
be a complete waste of time.”
Ava tapped one finger against her mouth, seemingly lost in thought. Then, her eyes brightened with excitement.
My heart lifted with hope. “I know that look,” | said. “You have an idea.”
A proud smile crossed her face. “I do.” She paused for tic effect.
| rushed to her and grabbed her hands. “Well, don’t leavehanging here. Tell me.”
“We trick Chloe into telling us where his body is buried,” she said proudly. “Or even showing us.”
| paused as | thought it over. “That's so crazy it just might work.”
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“I'll see you soon,” | told Ava as we parted ways outside my apartment building.
We hugged and then went in opposite directions. Ava was headed to Celeste to finalize our plans, and | still had
to go to work today. On the walk over, | tilted my face up to the morning sun, and | felt lighter than I've had for a
long time. | knew that my improved mood had something to do with having an actual plan to follow. | was a
detailed oriented person, and | always felt better when there was a plan.
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But as | got closer to work, my anxiety spiked. After the weird mood and conversation with Alexander last night, |
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtwasn't looking forward to spending the whole work day with him. But | was lucky. Alexander didn’t cinto the
office all morning. | spent the day catching up on replying to emails and filing. For lunch, | had a piece of dry
toast and an apple, afraid that anything more would upset my stomach.
Alexander didn’t cinto the office until one in the afternoon. He seemed distracted and nodded atwhen
he walked past my desk. Then, he spent the rest of the day in his office with Gai. He didn’t giveany
instructions, so | figured that | pretty much had a free day. Besides, | had stayed late last night, so | had earned
an easy work day.
At five, Alexander toldthat | could go home. | jumped up and gathered my things. It was the first tin a
long tthat | was leaving work at a reasonable hour. | walked home, and on the way, | passed by the same
twenty-four hour pharmacy that | had almost gone to last night. Richard had said that the medicine he had given
was from Mike, so | wanted to replace it.
Fifteen minutes later, | walked out of the drugstore with plastic bags full of stomach medicine. | bought even
more than Richard had givensince | wanted to thank Mike for thinking ahead and having all that medicine on
standby.
Back at my apartment, | whipped up a quick dinner of chicken noodle soup and freshly baked buttered bread.
After | ate and cleaned the kitchen, | went upstairs and knocked on Mike's door.
He opened it and when he saw me, his face broke into a kind smile. “Hi, Olivia. What's up?”
| handed him the shopping bags full of stomach pills. “I wanted to give you these.”
Mike opened the bag, and a look of confusion cover his face when
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he saw the contents. “Um, why are you givinga bunch of medicine?”
“Richard had givensof your stomach pills last night because | felt sick,” | explained. “I felt horrible. |
couldn't sleep. But your medicine saved me. | bought more to replace the medicine | had used.”
Mike was still staring atwith
confusion, but then realization came
over his features, and he naddedn
‘Oh, thats fightct behérder Richard
cbarihg here last night. You'll have to
excuse my poor memory. That's
what happens when you get old, you
start forgetting things.” He chuckled
good—naturedly and winked. The
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“You're not old,” | assured him.
In the back of my mind, | was
thinking how working for Alexander
was physically Ape om
eps S probably why
ike had forgotten about Richard
coming to him last night to ask for
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“Cin,” Mike said, gesturing toin his apartment. “Would you like a drink?”
“I'm alright, thank you,” | replied. “I actually just finished...”
But | trailed off. Alexander cout
of one of the bedrooms, and the sight
of him made my head spin. He yas
wearin maroer S4lered Cobre,
AARON and he had a black,
large book in his hand. My boss's
dark hair was tousled, but that just
made him even more attractive. What
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