Enchanted Nightfall: Falling for Destiny

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Chapter 42

Quintessa continued, “I bet you’re still looking for your sister who vanished eight years ago, aren’t you?”

The sound of shattering glass crackled through the phone before the voice on the other end changed its tone, “Who is this?”

Quintessa lifted her chin with a sense of poise, “I’m someone who can help you. Want to know about your sister’s fate? Meet me at Central Plaza, now.”

After ending the call, Quintessa shut down her computer, slipped into casual black sweats, donned a face mask and a hat, and slipped out into the night.

Just after 10 PM, Central Plaza was buzzing with life. The dance–aerobics enthusiasts had dispersed, skateboarders kept grinding the rails, couples huddled in sweet embrace, and hip–hop dancers battled fiercely. The city’s heart beat as lively at night as it did under the

sun.

figure sitting by the flowerbed. After watching for

you’re punctual. Don’t turn around. If you do, I

beat, and as she started to turn, she reconsidered and faced forward again; she asked, “Who

the urgency in her voice, the quiver. She looked up at

down right away, “No, I don’t believe

choice. Three years ago, I

can’t believe i

pregnant and Sean’s wife, Lilian, found out. She stormed over and kicked your sister in the stomach repeatedly. Your sister was four months pregnant at the time. She miscarried right there, bled out, a life

an envelope to

of yellowed photographs,

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be covered

like that when her own neither dest. But the

come back to

and said through grined teeth, want verge, must avenge