Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 572

Owen Reynolds was a sure bet in her corner.

Roseanne quipped, "The keys have been handed over. This one, I can't give you."

"Why not?"

"Sweetheart, if we hand over the keys, what will we do when it's time to move the espresso machine? Break in?"

Mamie's eyes widened in surprise, "We can move that espresso machine?!"

"Of course. We bought it, didn't we? Why can't we move it?"

"Exactly! If we bought it, we can move it whenever we want."

"That's why we need to keep the key. It'll make things easier when we move."

Scales smirked, "Edna has been trying to push us out just for this machine. Looks like her plans are going to fall through!"

The trio packed up and left, each carrying a cardboard box.

Mamie's was the largest, filled to the brim with snacks.

Chips, nuts, spicy sticks, cookies, milk, sparkling water...

As they passed by the soccer field, a ball flew straight at Mamie. In an attempt to dodge, she dropped her box.

ball just grazed her arm

the contents of her box scattered

Mamie was speechless.

their boxes, ready to help her pick everything

beat them to

ground, repacked them, and handed the box back

Mamie stammered, a bit

Were they that close?

suddenly help her

and Scales exchanged a

a smile,

chuckled, "No need to be so guarded. I didn't catch up

raised an

seconds "Believe it or not, I wanted to

didn't intentionally hog it.

come here to gloat"

Roseanne wasn't surprised.

surprise in Carlson's eyes

Slater and the others, staying on

making a fair point,

told her Carlson wasn't

yet. After a moment, she simply said,

true," he nodded slightly, his gaze briefly touching the other two boxes on the ground,