No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 222



Deborah nodded. "Sure did. Packed it with all the fun of the fair and these dazzling lights."

She chuckled to herself, then snuggled closer to me, "And you, my dear sister, are part of the package."

Such a sweet talker.

When we got to the scene of the incident, Ernest climbed up to inspect the damage, jotting down notes as he went.

"We're looking at two sets down, each with twenty-two bulbs, across thirteen colors," Ernest said, surveying the ruined lights and glancing over at the crane working not too far off.

Finally, he turned to Deborah, "Get Mr. Wagner down here, will you? We need to sort out liability and damages for this mess."

Deborah gave a quick nod and pulled out her phone to call Dustin. Shortly after, Dustin arrived, pausing in surprise at seeing me.

It looked like he wasn't expecting to see me, but after a split second of surprise, he broke into a smile. "Felicia, what brings you here? Doing some early inspections?"

I wasn't in charge here anymore, and his remark could've been taken as a dig.

knew he was just jesting, so I smiled back

that, then he turned

left it at that, clearly hinting

they've accepted responsibility, then they should cover all damages. I'll coordinate the

was clearly not playing by Dustin's rules, nor sparing

was usually easygoing, his displeasure showed, "I take responsibility for the

trying to leverage his position against

Ernest wasn't having any of it, "Then it's even

and I had to

was a wildcard, not

stood there, an unspoken battle raging

subtly poked me,

Yet, I remained silent.

hurt one of them, and with the tension so thick, it was clear I was

the duel into a three-way standoff. The atmosphere turned even more charged, Deborah

finish, Conrad called on her, "Deborah,

transferring to me,

nudged her forward, whispering a word of