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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-"

be

ever since all this mess started back in Portis City, Susanna's been all about keeping her head down.

wasn't about to borrow

Quinn will handle it. Next time you call

standing off to the side, had never seen Hull so calmly authoritative. For once, he

obediently. "Okay,

that-Hull managed to put

she couldn't

leaned over. "Isn't this

"Hm?"

heard from Star that Yvonne's been tearing through Black Gate looking

out Susanna had been with Hull

“Black Gate needs to be

say what would happen if Yvonne found out, just stared into the distance,

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

exactly what Lacey and Lincoln were up

behind. There

for me and Mom, won't Black Gate just tear

two and two

was Black Gate such a mess right now? Because they were looking for

"...Really?" Susanna wasn't sure about that. If everyone was chasing after her mom, what if that just