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Hull said, "Her brother said not to talk about it."

Susanna blinked. "Mr. Quinn?"

"Yeah."

"Why not?"

Wait-what does her brother have to do with this? And why is Mr. Quinn the one making the rules?

Hang on... Those calls she made to Star-Star seemed in the dark too.

So Mr. Quinn didn't tell Star about those calls either?

What's he playing at?

Hull shrugged. "I don't know. He said not to talk, so don't. And don't go calling Yvonne either."

With his usual deadpan, Hull casually shifted all responsibility onto Ronald.

If that was Ronald's order, Susanna might not get it, but she definitely wasn't about to argue. And for someone as nosy as she was, keeping her mouth shut was a challenge.

"So... can I at least ask Star? I mean, Star-"

Quinn be mad

Portis City, Susanna's been all about keeping her head down. She had

wasn't about to borrow more

will handle it. Next time you

standing off to the side, had never seen Hull so calmly authoritative. For once, he didn't dare

nodded obediently.

that was that-Hull managed to put Susanna's worries

she couldn't

over. "Isn't this a

"Hm?"

Star that Yvonne's been tearing through Black Gate looking for me. She's

Yvonne ever found out Susanna had been with Hull this

Gate needs to be

Yvonne found out, just stared

heart skipped. "The more chaotic Black Gate gets, the more time it

exactly what Lacey and Lincoln were up to, but they'd both

that crVPUJO note behind. There had to be a

Yvonne's going crazy looking for me and Mom, won't

two and two together pretty

was Black Gate such a mess right now? Because they

straight answers when they're confused." "...Really?" Susanna wasn't sure about