Stella Laine stood protectively beside her friends as Alessia Morton pressed her fingers gently to Queenie Windsor’s wrist, checking her pulse.

The woman at the center of the commotion backed away, panic flickering across her face.

“I swear, I didn’t push her! She has a heart condition… but that’s not my fault, is it?”

“Alessia, how is she?” Xander Dawson’s voice was tense with concern.

“What’s going on here?” The police officer, already exasperated by the chaos, frowned as he tried to make sense of the situation.

“She smashed my friend’s phone, refused to pay for it, and then pushed her! My friend just had a heart transplant–if anything happens to her, what are we supposed to do?” Stella’s voice was trembling, her eyes glistening with unshed

tears.

“I didn’t push her! I just lifted my hand and she fell on her own. At most, I might have… might have brushed her arm a little.”

“So you didn’t touch her at all, but now you ‘brushed‘ her arm? Which is it?” Justin Keane immediately seized on the contradiction.

“Alessia…” Amid the standoff, Queenie stirred. Her voice was so faint that Alessia

had to lean close to catch it.

“Queenie, are you alright?” Alessia asked quietly.

head, her expression weary. “If they’ll just

it takes–I’ll pay!” The woman blurted out, desperate

the end of it! Here, there’s thirty thousand on this card–take it! I’m done with this!”

mess.

Blake, held back by Carlson Blake, could only watch

woman tossed the card.

asked, his tone a bit

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it go, we won’t press charges. We’re just going

her feet. She was pale, her lips

all of you, come with me. You can’t keep stirring up trouble like this,” the officer grumbled, casting a pointed look at Queenie

the group away.

others had

remained.

were alone, Stella and Alessia

who’d seemed at death’s door

nearly scared me to death! I thought you’d really taken a turn for the worse. If Alessia hadn’t tugged

Stella had honestly panicked. Thank goodness Alessia kept her cool,

the three of them had pulled off

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