Chapter 26

After signing the lease, Astrid and Alan sent their new address to Gracle Just as Astrid was about to hit the sack, a video call invitation popped up: Magee wants to FaceTime.

Astrid pressed accept and saw Magee’s giant nostril on the screen. “Astrid, I’m your dad”

Astrid was already used to Magee’s weird angles during video calls, so she replied somewhat speechlessly, “Of course I know you’re my dad. What’s up? If there’s nothing, I’m hanging up. I’m bushed.”

Magee “Hold on, I heard you moved to a new place I’m sending someone from the cleaning service over tomorrow.”

Astrid groaned, “No need, I‘

Before she could finish her sentence, the video shifted to a bespectacled gentleman, ‘Astrid, are you sure you don’t want me to fly over and pick you up? It’s a jungle out there, I’m worried about you. If you don’t want to fly, I can sail over”

Astrid

They’re always trying to lure her back to take over the family fortune. She won’t fall for it!

“I don’t think we should send a cleaning service to Astrid. She’s so attractive, who knows what might happen?” The voice came from Astrid’s brother, Robb Brooke, who was not in the video.

Astrid rolled her eyes. It seemed Robb and Brandon Brooke had been taken fishing by Magee again and were all sunburnt.

we can’t send a cleaning service. But Astrid can’t clean herself, she’ll be knackered. Just wait, honey, I’m sending someone over tomorrow…”

Astrid hung up the video

to tidy up her room, she received a message: “Astrid, I found out. The one who’s been messing with you is Fannie’s dad Wes Santos. What’s up with

scary. He evaded taxes totaling

directors had tax issues, but she didn’t expect this guy to be

“Collect the evidence and leak it anonymously.”

it to the tax

make a difference by leaking It and letting it

it right

to set her

Astrid quit

the Internet and the relevant

words muffled, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall. He’s screwed this time. Wonder who

mentioning him. Now that her

of crisis, even between father and

Gracle hadn’t stopped badmouthing.

the elevator, Astrid saw an uninvited guest

was shocked by her brother’s names. Their dad was a huge Game of Thrones fan and named

dad to send him

front of them. He was about 6 feet

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