Chapter 84

Austin revved up the engine of his Mercedes as he and Joy sped towards Crystal Cove Villas. Joy was on her cell, dialing Curtis’ number. The moment he picked up, she exploded.

“Curtis, you absolute scumbag, go to hell!”

Austin, who was behind the wheel, raised an eyebrow at the mention of the name. “Is that your friend’s husband, Curtis?”

Joy was too incensed to even acknowledge Austin’s question.

Curtis, having his morning ambushed with such vitriol, sounded unexpectedly calm and lethargic, “Okay, I will.”

“You just wait! I don’t have time

for your crap right now. Where’s Anne?”

The sound of a lighter flicking open and a cigarette being lit crackled through the phone, “She left.”

she go?”

with cigarette butts. Curtis leaned back in his chair, his shirt crumpled and

she went? I thought you two were thick as thieves, breathing through the same nostril. How dare you ask me? The last time I talked

been gone all night, her phone’s turned off, and yet you can still

phone off?” Curtis frown,

didn’t know. With no more words to waste, she

said grimly, “She’s not

go. If

had a flash of insight, excitement pounding on her as she slapped Austin’s thigh, “I know! Head to

Grove Manors. Joy rushed into the elevator the moment

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her door. She wrapped herself in a robe and shuffled from her bedroom

“Leanne? Leanne?”

a picture of confusion. “What are you doing here?”

her fresh and unblemished face looking as if

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