Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

"Fiona, what brings you here?"

"Just checking things out," Fiona replied with a cheeky grin, like a playful little imp. She teased, "Nash, your eyes are red. Have you been crying?"

"No way! What are you talking about?"

Fiona wasn't in the mood for a back-and-forth, especially with the Woods family situation weighing on her mind.

After dinner, Fiona got a call from the hospital about Erica. Her family was still refusing to make peace, but Erica's self-harm had led to serious bleeding, landing her in the emergency room.

Setting her utensils down, Fiona glanced at Jackson. "Hey, has the Larkin family situation in Willow Creek been sorted out?"

"Yeah." Before Jackson could answer, Kimberly jumped in, "Otherwise, we wouldn't be so cheerful."

Fiona thought for a moment, doubting that the problem had been settled so easily.

Even with the Woods family breathing down their necks, it seemed too soon for them to go bankrupt. If they had indeed gone under, why wouldn't Erica's

ongoing refusal

shake the feeling that she was missing a

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thing

Erica's situation have to do with the Larkin

to piece together the clues, each of them stumped by what they

any loose ends, but Fiona needed to get to

way to the

about a design contest. The final round required all designers to show up and create a design on site

final was set for a week later, just as the end-of-term exams were rolling around, with everyone gearing up for finals. The school was

everyone by having a student in the top three, pushing their curriculum to match Class A's. Even their break time was cut short, and for the first time, the Students

the bottom wasn't so bad