Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Before I even finished talking. Cecilia across from me suddenly stood up, staring past me, and stuttered. “Hogan.”

Her eyes were getting even redder as she spoke.

Hogan quickly moved to Cecilia’s side in just a couple of strides, shielding her with his body. and demanded, “What the heck have you two said to her?”

He said “you two.”

That included me too.

When Hogan spoke, a vein on his forehead was throbbing.

He was clearly peeved.

For someone as usually cool as a cucumber like him, this was a rare loss of control, especially with Hilary standing right there.

In my memory, those two, mother and son, had never had a heated argument.

But now, for Cecilia’s sake, even his tone with Hilary had an edge to it.

Hilary seemed blindsided by how things had escalated, pointing at Hogan and saying, “I’m doing this for you, don’t you know that?”

After saying that, she stormed out with tears in her eyes.

Just as I was about to follow, I heard Hogan say, “In a rush to brown–nose?”

stopped dead in my tracks, torn between laughter

up, “Hogan, you’ve got it all wrong, it’s not

a

bad for getting my hands dirty in this mess.

said, “I’m

let Hogan give you a lift.”

declined with a smile, “Nah, it’s out of

it, the more it bothered me. After this afternoon’s drama, I figured

on Cecilia, I had this nagging

Wallis wasn’t right.

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snapped me out

it and, lo and

those tempting digits,

him nuts, or commend him for knowing the

hesitating, a message caught my eye.

no emotion to

without a second thought, pondering whether I’d stumbled upon a new money–making

Midas touch. He’d never let me

moment’s thought. I putled up my friends

balance, I felt a wave

clocking out, Jack sidled up to me and asked, “Xaviera, what time are you heading out the day after

was clueless. “Heading out where?”

something was off, he added

mentioned it, which was normal

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