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Chapter 54 Conversation

“She helped me last night.”

The words were brief, but they held a deeper meaning.

Tad understood the weight of Emyr’s statement and didn’t press further.

“I understand, sir.”

He turned to leave, but Emyr called out to him.

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There was a moment of uncertainty in Emyr’s eyes. “Have you found any information about … the masked person?”

Tad hesitated for a moment, then realization struck him. “You mean the mysterious person with the fox mask?”

“Yes.”

“I’m still searching, but it’s difficult. We don’t know if the person is male or female. All we have is the mask and a pendant … I’ll keep looking.”

Emyr waved his hand dismissively. “Keep at it.”

Once Tad was gone, Emyr’s fingers idly tapped the surface of his desk.

That morning, the image of Charmaine curled up in his arms, her fists pressed against her chest, lingered in

his mind.

it

Charmaine’s face crossed his thoughts.

head quickly,

compare Charmaine to the

worlds

Charmaine in peace, not demanding anything

time, Charmaine spent her mornings playing with the cuties in the crocodile pond. She even found moments

the start of

thanks to Charmaine’s constant teasing,

and instead walked out of Eastlake, catching a bus

got there,

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do not

Charmaine arrived at campus with plans to register, but fate had other

simply received their acceptance letters and followed the usual

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records. Leaning back in his

a re–enrollment application. The university website approved it and sent

director shrugged, unconcerned. “The website is slow to update. Your parents came in this morning, filed the withdrawal

signed in the parent’s section,

to it.

about this, and

at her as if she were a child, then

is college, not a playground. If

up to

but before he could

stumbling back, nearly falling out of his

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