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184 Where's Steve? (Winona)

It takes a few days to set up the visit with Ashlyn. I haven't told anyone we're going, not even Lisa. Jayden and I agreed to keep this between us until we figure out what's really going on.

But just as I'm trying to focus on preparing for the visit, my phone rings. It's Gus. I hesitate for a moment before answering. I mean the man has never really done anything to me. In fact, he's been nothing but supportive.

But I'd be a fool to trust him and think he's a friend. Especially as he has Judy over there and I know she's up to something. Gus probably knows that too.

But Gus I know will protect Abby at all costs. The heir to Nexus Global.

I'll take that as a security blanket.

"Gus," I say, keeping my voice neutral. "What's going on?"

"Winona," he says, his voice serious. "1 need to ask you something. Have you seen Steve lately?"

My heart thumps in dread. "Not for a few weeks. He met me in the park, and he told me my mother still lived in our old house and that there might be another child." "Did you find them? Was it true?"

"Yes, they are at the townhouse with me now. Temporarily."

"Nothing from him since then?"

"No. Why?"

the radar, and I thought you

feel a chill run down my spine. "I won't

Mom and Cass. Maybe this was his plan all along. He better not try anything

this, Winona, Steve disappearing like this... it doesn't sit right with me. He has a lot of money to not come back near you and he's already been there once." "He's planning something." My mind races with possibilities. "I

put anything past him. Just be careful, okay?

will," I say, I want to tell him about Ashlyn and

as well. But I've promised Jayden not

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radar," I say, my voice shaking. "Gus thinks he might be planning

about

he could have gone back at any point

"This is true. Maybe I'm

good

him more to stay out of it. Yet he has already been back once. It doesn't make sense really." "Unless someone is

more money at his disposal than any of us, even your mother. Surely Steve would play this and bargain with him

isn't about money, is

to eliminate his past altogether." My blood runs cold at the words I'm saying. "Judy gets what she wants too. You and

Mother will never have Abby and me. I'll make sure of it. I'll kill Steve with my bare hands if I have to." "Jayden. No. You being in jail for murder isn't what we need. You have to keep your temper if you see him. You

robbed him of his life. I don't think he'll

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