Chapter 267

"No," Hayden responded calmly.

"Really?" Avery checked with her son repeatedly.

"No," Hayden repeated without a trace of emotion on his face.

Avery could only call the quits. If they did not take it and she continued to ask them about it, the

children might think that she did not trust them.

Hayden took Layla's hand and led her back to their bedroom to store their school bags.

Once they were inside the room, Layla whispered," Hayden, why are we lying? We shouldn't lie to

Mom."

Layla had only managed to keep it a secret because Avery was not aware; but now that she was

asking her about it, Layla did not dare lie.

"Elliot must be going nuts now that he realizes the box is gone," said Hayden coldly. "If we return it

now, he will just blame us for taking it. We are not returning it. Let him worry."

dad

her brother. 3

kept the box under his bed, but they had moved it. They buried it under

days ago. They had done

the contents of the box- a piece of paper.

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good thing that they did, or the

happens if Elliot worries so much that he dies?" Layla was still concerned. "He

dad!"

worry, bad people don't die that

that, Layla

sent Elliot a message that read, [I

box.]

he was resting, but he replied immediately

that asked, [You still

the message, he did not reply, because he did not know

closed his eyes, and

of despair, he thought to himself, "So what

I will lose money, and friends will leave me... as for a lover... I no longer have

money for this lifetime, so I don't have anything to

more from now on. As for friends, I don't care if

least Shea won't

began to relax and drifted off to

kept waiting for his reply, but three days had gone

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