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Baker’s tone softened but remained firm. “Kylee, we don’t get a second shot at this. We can’t rush things. Every move has to be precise, calculated. One misstep, and it all falls apart. Worse, we risk drawing suspicion from the Soling family. You need to understand, I’m even more anxious about this than you are. But in critical moments like this, we have to stay calm. No reckless or hasty moves. Got it?”

He watched her closely, worried she might let emotion override caution.

Kylee gave a solemn nod. “Alright. I understand, Dad.”

Baker reached out and gently patted her head. “Good. Let’s take our time and build something foolproof. We’ll come up with a better plan.”

Kylee said nothing more.

That evening, Lucas pulled into the hospital parking lot to pick up Belinda after her shift.

slid into the passenger seat, she turned to him. “Darwin wants to have dinner with us. I told him this time we’d treat him. Are you free tomorrow night? Honestly, I’ve been meaning to treat him to a meal for a while now. Ever since I left the hospital, we haven’t had the

tensed slightly on the steering wheel. He didn’t answer

meal with Darwin. But if they kept postponing it, Darwin would just keep finding new reasons to see Belinda, keep inserting himself into their

thought alone made

over at him, puzzled by

I am free tomorrow night,” Lucas

Darwin a message later to reply to


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continued, “I already told Faye to move out this morning. She’s already

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