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After all, with the whole deal between Susanna and Dan... you just never know if Yvonne might take it all out on Susie because of Dan.

Ronald shook his head. "Relax. She won't."

"Are you sure?" Stella still sounded worried.

"She won't," Ronald repeated, calm as ever.

Stella sighed, unconvinced.

"She'll just use Susanna as a weapon. Her own little dagger-aimed straight at Dan."

Stella let out a long breath. Yeah... that did sound like something Yvonne would do.

It made her feel a little better, but she couldn't help worrying that Susanna might not be able to handle it. The truth was, Susanna really had zero experience in this sort of thing.

With Yvonne's... intense methods, there was just no telling how rough it'd get for her.

Hull stepped out of the Quinn family's country estate just as his phone started buzzing.

Xander's name lit up the screen. Hull answered, and the tension was obvious from the first second.

"Stop looking," Xander said, voice ice-cold.

Hull's jaw clenched. "And what's that supposed to mean, Mr. Schultz?"

replied, with a hint of a smirk you could hear right

spent the last few days turning the whole city upside down looking for Susanna. Xander knew exactly why he was so desperate he was terrified Yvonne

tightened on the phone. "So you know where they

Xander just grunted.

Hull's face darkened. "Where?"

to track down Yvonne anywhere, but Xander

her up in twenty-seven days," Xander

"Twenty-seven days?" Hull echoed.

"Mhm."

stared at the

over at Silas, who, along with Barnaby, looked utterly wiped out.

much, all focused on

an eye on Xander." Damn, he really had

and Yvonne's marriage was just for show, but looking at things now... it seemed

could ask anything else,

those years ago? But t Susanna was no

both of them started

grown up around Ronald-she'd been exposed to all that

training camps, let her play around. Susanna, though? She'd never

how timid she'd been around him lately made Hull's temples throb. Silas broke the silence. "Mr. Schultz, you know where Susanna is now?" "Yeah," Hull replied, not bothering

Let's just go ask Mr. Schultz to give her

he was a complete idiot. Go

a hawk. "Keep eyes on Xander at all times."

Silas nodded. "Got it."