| bit down on my lip. How could | have forgotten about Mrs. Windsor? Even though I'd been focusing on Chloe,
her mother was arguably the more dangerous of the two. Mrs. Windsor loved her daughter more than anything
and kept her from getting the help she needed, knowingly endangering the people around her.
With her son’s help, Mrs. Windsor had a good chance of staying out of jail. And maybe that was why Hana hadn't
tried to help Chloe. She was going to use all her resources to get her sister out of jail.
Then, if Madeline was free, she would stop at nothing to get Chloe out of jail.
*Olivia*
Ava reacted differently to the news that Felix was focusing all his energy, trying to keep his mother out of jail
than me.
“Oh, that’s a relief,” she said, and her entire body slumped. “I'm happy that Felix isn't trying to get his sister out
of jail.”
My friend smiled at me, and my panic lessened slightly. Maybe | was worrying too much. It wouldn't be the first
time.
| looked at Richard. “Thank you for doing that, Richard. Knowing that we have you there to watch over Sarah, her
brother, and Kelly and keeping an eye on things is such a relief.”
Richard gestured to Alexander. “He was the one to sendthere, and I’m doing it on his payroll. Thank
Alexander, not me."
A hot blush spread across my face as | slowly turned to Alexander.
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stomach swooped. Embarrassment washed at | didn’t have to interact with him in front of all
When our eyes met, my over me. | wished
of our friends. Especially since our relationship was so new and complicated. | barely knew where we stood when
we were alone, and | didn’t want to have to figure out how to act around him in front of an audience.
My eyes shot down to his almost empty glass of water. | abruptly stood from the table. Everyone else looked at
grab a beer from the fridge for him. When | cback, everyone was still staring at me. | wished that they could
just talk amongst themselves instead of watching Alexander and me.
“Here's a beer for you, boss” | muttered and set the cold drink in front of him. “As a, um, thank you for always
helping us with our investigations.”
| blushed even more this time. Getting him a drink had been a mistake. It was a lousy way to thank him for all
the ways he had quietly helpedwhile asking for nothing in return. But what could I give him? What did you
give a man who had everything?
Alexander frowned down at the beer. “I don’t drink light beer,” he said.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAn awkward feeling settled over the room. My neck burned, and I tried to think of something to say to smooth
over the weird tension | helped create. Without looking at anyone, | picked up the beer and put it in front of me
even though | didn’t like light beer either.
Across the table, Ava was staring at us with her head slightly tilted like we were a difficult math equation that
she was trying to figure out.
After another strange moment passed, everyone began to eat again, but it wasn’t the sas before. It was like
someone had taken a knife to the relaxed atmosphere of the room and chopped it up.
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Ava tried her best to save her dinner party, but every conversation topic that she brought up fizzled out quickly. |
tried to join in to help my friend, but the delicious food now felt like sand in my mouth. Every tit felt like
Alexander and | took a step forward in our relationship, the next second, we were taking four steps back.
When our dinner was almost over, Aiden stood from the table. He had just finished an entire bowl of spicy
seafood stew. He was fanning himself, and his face was red.
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| bit down on my lip. How could | have forgotten about Mrs. Windsor? Even though I'd been focusing on Chloe,
her mother was arguably the more dangerous of the two. Mrs. Windsor loved her daughter more than anything
and kept her from getting the help she needed, knowingly endangering the people around her.
With her son’s help, Mrs. Windsor had a good chance of staying out of jail. And maybe that was why Hana hadn't
tried to help Chloe. She was going to use all her resources to get her sister out of jail.
Then, if Madeline was free, she would stop at nothing to get Chloe out of jail.
*Olivia*
Ava reacted differently to the news that Felix was focusing all his energy, trying to keep his mother out of jail
than me.
“Oh, that’s a relief,” she said, and her entire body slumped. “I'm happy that Felix isn't trying to get his sister out
of jail.”
My friend smiled at me, and my panic lessened slightly. Maybe | was worrying too much. It wouldn't be the first
time.
| looked at Richard. “Thank you for doing that, Richard. Knowing that we have you there to watch over Sarah, her
brother, and Kelly and keeping an eye on things is such a relief.”
Richard gestured to Alexander. “He was the one to sendthere, and I’m doing it on his payroll. Thank
Alexander, not me."
A hot blush spread across my face as | slowly turned to Alexander.
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stomach swooped. Embarrassment washed at | didn’t have to interact with him in front of all
When our eyes met, my over me. | wished
of our friends. Especially since our relationship was so new and complicated. | barely knew where we stood when
we were alone, and | didn’t want to have to figure out how to act around him in front of an audience.
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“Here's a beer for you, boss” | muttered and set the cold drink in front of him. “As a, um, thank you for always
helping us with our investigations.”
| blushed even more this time. Getting him a drink had been a mistake. It was a lousy way to thank him for all
the ways he had quietly helpedwhile asking for nothing in return. But what could I give him? What did you
give a man who had everything?
Alexander frowned down at the beer. “I don’t drink light beer,” he said.
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Across the table, Ava was staring at us with her head slightly tilted like we were a difficult math equation that
she was trying to figure out.
After another strange moment passed, everyone began to eat again, but it wasn’t the sas before. It was like
someone had taken a knife to the relaxed atmosphere of the room and chopped it up.
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When our dinner was almost over, Aiden stood from the table. He had just finished an entire bowl of spicy
seafood stew. He was fanning himself, and his face was red.
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