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“What befell you after you left me?” he demanded.

Mavis’ eyes flickered, hesitation evident in her face. She didn’t want to remember the horrendous events that had transpired. She shook her head and replied, “Nothing happened. I went straight home after I left you.”

He knew she was lying! In the past twenty minutes, he’d had someone look into Mavis’ whereabouts. She had indeed been taken away after leaving.

“Mavis, I’m tempted to kill you.” Suddenly, Harlan was holding a black gun, the barrel aimed squarely at Mavis’ forehead.

As the icy metal touched her temple, her hand involuntarily loosened its grip, and the fruit basket she’d been carrying plummeted to the ground.

“Harlan, why would you do this to me?”

“Don’t act so innocent. You know precisely what you’ve done. Derek’s life hangs in the balance. You must answer for this,” Harlan’s voice quivered with rage.

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to reveal Marcus ‘injury, and you complied. They used that information to ambush Marcus at night. Derek was shot because of your betrayal. You will pay

spoken through gritted teeth. Mavis could feel the threat in the air,

cared for would summon her to

mistaken. She hadn’t disclosed anything

drove

rather than yield to their

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run-down house. They tried to force me to speak of Mr. Thomas’ injury, threatening me, even… But you must believe me. I never said a

couldn’t bring

convince Harlan of her innocence. His

Though Derek was merely a subordinate, he was irreplaceable