No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 817

For ages, she hadn't been this close to him, allowing him to pat her head like he used to when they were kids.

Fanny and I barely slept a wink all night, feeling jittery and uneasy.

Jacqueline was another insomniac, keeping watch at the makeshift memorial in the living room, refusing to leave despite Conrad's gentle coaxing.

We hadn't seen Dustin all night, and Fanny was half-convinced he'd made a break for it.

But I knew better. Dustin wouldn't run. He was too far down the rabbit hole of betrayal. He wouldn't flee now, though he might scheme something else. What we needed was to catch him red-handed with the evidence to finally bring him to justice.

"Felicia, are you up?" Jacqueline's voice came from outside our door.

I opened the door. "Morning, Aunt Jackie."

"You're up! Come on down and grab a bite. You'll need your strength today," she said, and it was then I noticed she was wearing an apron.

Breakfast? At a time like this? It seemed odd to me, and Fanny picked up on it too, teasing, "Think she's poisoned the pancakes to protect her son?"

"You're a doctor; a little poison shouldn't scare you," I joked back.

though we couldn't quite understand how Jacqueline could

a time like this, we joined her

was still a no-show, but his

we wait?"

head. "No need, we can

to eat and even served us from the spread. "Come

you love pumpkin pie. Fanny, try some

are your favorite blueberry

say something more profound, but she just

have some," I

peeled orange her

she wasn't

but none of us had

about to commence, Dustin

can't get Dustin on the phone. Should we wait

how wayward

was

he

expected to