The Beginning Of All Sins

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Olivia was about to step into the car when Ana's call came through. She answered promptly. "Hi, Mom." "Did you deliver it to him?"

"Yes," she replied after a brief pause.

Ana's suspicion heightened at the momentary silence. "Don't make me call the Harris Group to verify."

"He's not at his office, Mom. I called him, and he instructed me to leave it at the front desk."

"And now you're leaving," Ana noted.

Olivia glanced down. "Yes."

"You're not leaving. The purpose of afternoon tea is to personally hand it to him!"

silence, Ana's tone hardened. "Do you understand

out of her daze. "R-Right!

"Good. Goodbye."

The driver glanced at Olivia, asking tentatively, "Should we

"No. We'll wait here."

driver looked at

Instead, she pursed her

Naomi's ward, where she immediately asked, "Was that

placed his phone on the coffee table and resumed

work needs your attention, you should go. I'm fine on my

from his book. "It was just a call. Nothing

fretted about

that he

if it were important. Nodding, she said, "Okay,

room lapsed into

nurse admired Naomi's knitting and exclaimed,