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“Are you alright?” Jeffrey strode over, unable to hide the worry in his eyes.

Rebecca was picking out a jacket she liked, looking puzzled. “Huh?”

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“Stanley said Miles followed you here,” Jeffrey explained, hoping she wouldn’t misunderstand. “I’m afraid he might try something that could put you in danger.”

Rebecca blinked at him, clearly unsure what he meant.

‘Didn’t Miles leave already?‘ Rebecca thought, still confused.

Just as Rebecca was about to speak, the door to the hallway suddenly slammed shut, making her pause mid-

sentence.

Bang! Rebecca flinched at the noise.*

The bang echoed through the room.*

Furrowing his brow, Jeffrey walked over and tried the doorknob.*

Rebecca caught a quick glimpse outside and said, “That was Barry who closed the door.“*

Jeffrey froze with his hand on the doorknob, emotion flickering in his eyes as he glanced at Rebecca.

He wanted to explain himself, but hesitated, wondering if she’d actually believe him.

He couldn’t tell if Rebecca would trust what he said.

“I know you’re not behind this,” Rebecca said, confident that Jeffrey wasn’t the type for petty schemes. “They’re probably trying to play matchmaker and cooked up some plan to get us talking again.”

“So, would you be willing to give us another shot?” Jeffrey asked, seizing the moment.

Rebecca didn’t even hesitate. “No.”

Jeffrey kept his eyes on her. “Not even a little?”

Rebecca replied, “Not even a little.”

Jeffrey had expected her answer all along, but hearing it from her lips still made his feelings a tangled mess.

Under the glow of the room’s lights, Rebecca calmly picked out a jacket nearly identical in color to the last one and slipped it on, her mood perfectly steady. She said coolly, “Call them so they open the door. If we’re stuck in here much longer, Samuel’s going to get anxious.”

Jeffrey nodded.

But when he took out his phone, there was no signal.

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his hesitation and asked,

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like they cut the signal ahead of time,” Jeffrey replied, frowning. He honestly hadn’t

checking

her breath, “Nothing.

door, Barry admired his handiwork with a satisfied grin. He was just about to call Stanley and brag about what he’d pulled off when

to

Ms. Jensen anywhere?” Gregory

nodding toward the walk–in

totally

he

him, scowling hard. “Hey,

dead serious, “I’m

cut in, hauling Gregory toward the elevator and sweeping away what little hope Jeffrey

can’t reach Mr. Hanson,” Gregory said, making sure Barry understood how serious this

him a knowing look. “Take a

froze for a moment, then realization dawned

Jeffrey: [I’m downstairs with Barry–if you need anything, just let

message and fake–coughed, acting like everything was perfectly normal. He knew once Jeffrey came out, he and Stanley were probably in for a good scolding, but for Rebecca and Jeffrey’s sake, he was ready to take

your face?”

Barry blinked, “Really?”

“Yeah, you look a little

got one hell of a glare

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on right

idea flashed across Barry’s mind–he still had one last thing to take care of. Clutching his stomach, he made an excuse. “Hey, you know where

straight, then turn left, take another left, and finally a right,” Gregory replied, knowing

You hang around and keep an eye out for Mr. Hanson,” Barry said, looking convincingly miserable as he hurried off. After finding the emergency stairwell, he bolted up to

find it, Barry even knocked twice on the door

time Jeffrey discovered the

Mr. Hanson, don’t worry about Samuel–we’ll take care of things on our end and

Jeffrey said, crumpling the note into a ball. “I’ll find a way to get us out

over it. The slammed door, the lack of signal, even that note–it just had ‘Jeffrey’s handiwork‘ written all over it, no matter how many alibis or

just screamed a plan

what game they were playing and couldn’t care less.

we wait for them, it’ll probably take more than an

out.”

bother. We won’t

blinked, still puzzled. “What

windows, perfectly

if she and Jeffrey both vanished at the same time, Ryan would show up before anyone else. Either because

agreed, giving a small nod. “He really

you