Chapter 355

"I mean-how should I know? Anyway, they've got all the evidence. No one's getting out of this,” Naomi muttered, slicing off a piece of apple and popping it into Sylvia's mouth.

Sylvia chewed, but her mind was elsewhere. If they'd managed to get their hands on the evidence, someone had to have helped. And besides Rupert, she couldn't think of anyone else with that kind of pull.

With a sigh, Sylvia nibbled on her apple, the taste bland on her tongue. "Mom, where's Uncle Rupert?"

"Dead-oops!" Naomi yelped as the paring knife nearly slipped. "Jeez, are you trying to kill your own mother?"

"Dead? He can't be dead," Sylvia's voice trembled. "At worst, he'd break a leg or something."

"I said he's not dead!" Naomi snapped.

"Could you maybe be a little clearer?" Sylvia frowned.

"What are you so jumpy about? On the way back, if I hadn't clamped a hand over your mouth, you'd have been shouting 'Uncle Rupert' the whole way..."

"Mom! I'm starving. Can you grab me something to eat?" Sylvia cut her off, her voice loud and desperate.

Naomi rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine," she said, heading out the door to go find some food.

curiosity got the best of her. She slipped off the bed and

she hesitated. Just then, Orson stepped

met. Sylvia barely had time to signal him to keep quiet before Orson bellowed,

their heads out to

voice came from inside the room. "Aren't you coming

felt her cheeks flush and hurried into

looking pale but somehow even more intense, his sharp eyes

lying on his blanket and said, "Eavesdropping? You mean all the times you kept asking for me on

not! My mom's

ask her myself,

lip, then huffed. "Well,

Orson slammed it shut from

smile. "Pour me a glass of water, would you?" He shifted the blanket, revealing his bandaged

him a glass anyway,

glanced down, her eyes met Rupert's, his gaze deep and unreadable, almost making her

the glass, he didn't let go of her hand-he tugged her

between them grew warmer. Rupert's eyes stayed locked on her face,

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