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 lightly, "No, just

he turned to Ernest, "I've already been briefed about

hinting he preferred Ernest not to dig

to Ernest, I saw his expression harden, "If they've accepted responsibility, then they should cover all

playing by Dustin's rules, nor sparing

his displeasure showed, "I take responsibility

leverage his position against

it, "Then it's even more appropriate

and I had

not playing by the

stood there, an unspoken

the tension, subtly poked me,

Yet, I remained silent.

only hurt one of them, and with the tension so thick, it was clear I was implicated somehow. Staying mute seemed

in, potentially turning the duel into a three-way standoff. The atmosphere turned even more charged, Deborah whispered urgently to

could finish, Conrad called on her, "Deborah, your

shivered, her nervousness transferring to me, "Mr.

it like it is," I nudged her