A deal with the devil

Chapter 96

Once Janine settled into the car, the turned to Shirley, her curiosity barely contained. “Why are you dragging me to the Gray residence? What happened to Nancy?

Shirley explained the call between Jessica and Nancy the previous night.

Janine had reacted just as Shirley did from the night before. “Oh no, Nancy must’ve gotten the worst of it. Why didn’t you stop her?”

“I tried,” Shirley sighed. “It’s a long story.”

By the time Shirley finishedrecounting everything, they were already hallway there.

Janine listened attentively, as if engrossed in a gripping drama. She didn’t even have the chance to vent about Evan, as she leaned closes, and asked curiously, “Did Benjamin get into a fight with Samuel when he barged in to take you?”

Shirley could only shake her head, “I don’t know. I was unconscious Tenjamin hasn’t told me anything either.”

What? How could you not know something that important?”

and her imagination began to run

Shirley replied

His eyes don’t lie. The way he looked at you was full of love, it’s nothing like how he looked

a tangled mess. “Janine, I don’t want to talk about him anymore.” Janine studied Shirley

done Dwelling on the past only makes things

forward”

no use to dwell on what couldn’t

fate. Not long ago, Shiley had been overjoyed, calling to tell her about her upcoming wedding to Samuel and asking her to be the

treating

they hardly knew each other so Janine

for a moment before replying thoughtfully,

fact that he hadn’t made her life unbearable was

the tople as the car arrived at the

preoccupied with Nancy’s situation, but she hadn’t expected to see Samuell