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Just to be safe, Roland gave a quick instruction to the butler on his way up. “Keep an eye on her. If she tries to sneak up and eavesdrop, let us know.”

“Yes, sir,” the butler replied promptly.

Jessica let out short huffs but kept her mouth shut. She waited—more or less obediently.

To her surprise, she ended up waiting over two hours.

The sky had grown dark, and there was still no sign of them coming down. Finally, she got up and started heading upstairs.

“Your father said not to let you go up without permission,” the butler reminded her, repeating Roland’s earlier order.

“I’m just going up to call them for dinner!” Jessica called out as she climbed the stairs, raising her voice so they could hear. “How long are you planning to stay locked in there? I’m—”

times, but nobody inside the study

table for Roland and Lena. He was ready—whether they agreed or not. He would do

about all this?” Roland asked, his face impossible to

Melvin replied with

his daughter just yet, if it was Melvin, it was something he could live with. “If she’s okay

conflict flickering across


reassuring pat. “All we care about is

Melvin promised. “She means more to me than

on about in there?” Jessica’s voice rang out from behind the door, followed by

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food,” Roland muttered as he opened the door, seeing right through her

pointing at the clock. She looked at the three of them

eat him alive,”

at him and quipped,

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