Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 0272

**Mason’s Pay**

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We know for sure that we have a feast one in our assessment offices and we are waiting on test results to see if Armie and Lola’s food had been poisoned. If it comes back that it had the definitely have one in Kaff’s writ

we too. The rogue children had eaten the food given to them, and he been fine. So it can’t her been all the food that was contaminated if it even was.

I look over all the personnel files of all our assessment staff over the last few years. It seems they are alged random posts in different locations each day, which makes linding a pattern with a particular staff member difficult. For now, I am focussing on only the males, as Lola had said it was a male who had overseen her assessment. Antile had a completely different story and had not been to an assessment office, so we only have Lola’s statement to work from for now.

After what feels like hours of reading over files and finding nothing, I lose my temper and launch the papers across the room. They don’t hit the the opposite wall with a satisfying thump as I’d hoped, instead, they flutter around the room, landing softly like large confetti.

thepoots of my hair

voice asks and I look up to see everyone in the room has

I say sarcastically before turning to

stomp up the stairs, through the kitchen, and out the back door to the garden. I need some air and some time to have a fucking breakdown without an audience. A life–sized marble statue of a woman holding a basket of grapes looks

making her head crumble into sparkling gravel at

turn away from her, only to see her twin sister giving me the same blank stare. I crumble her head too as I stride past her to sit on the curved stone bench behind her and I lower my

you. Give me some

so excited to go, right up until we had gotten to the gates and she had seen all the other children. Her small arms had wrapped around my leg as

to go play with the other kids before you go in?” Josie

stay home where it is safe,”

to

let me come home again?” She had

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few hours to

me a funny feeling in my tummy,”

to feel his way. I promise you have nothing to worry about,” Josie had crouched

will come back for you soon,” I had told

can’t find me?” She asked, sounding so vulnerable.