The Bound Between Us

Chapter 925

What exactly was the connection between Julie and Autumn?

Anastasia's mind kept looping the question. Julie had died in prison-she'd even sent Nelson to find out who had claimed Julie's body, but so far, nothing. Now, out of nowhere, Autumn had appeared. She'd cozied up to Katelyn, gotten close to Daria, and yet Anastasia had never thought to link her with Julie.

As far as anyone knew, Autumn had only just arrived in Riverdale, following Mr. Walker, who'd taken a new job here. Word was, this was the Walkers' first time in town; before this, they'd spent years doing charity work out in the sticks.

Anastasia racked her brains, but the link between Autumn and Julie just wasn't adding up.

Then, thanks to Herman's deep pockets, they got into the cemetery and found the urn Autumn had left behind. The urn had been swapped out ages ago-no name, no photo, nothing to suggest who was inside. Just a plain box. How could anyone say for sure it was Julie?

Anastasia shot Herman a look and quipped, "You ever notice in those cheesy soap operas, people are always saying stuff like, 'I'd know her even if she was ashes'? Please. If anybody could really ID someone by their ashes, I'd call her my fairy godmother."

Herman let out a rare laugh, warm and genuine. It'd been ages since Anastasia had cracked a joke.

He squeezed her hand. "Odds are, it's Julie. I'm just as curious as you are— what's the deal between her and Autumn?"

The thing was, with Julie gone and Autumn's mysterious background, digging too openly wasn't an option. Getting to the truth about their connection was proving to

be tricky.

we go through Daria? Your mom and Autumn are

subtle. She'd probably mess things up. And the cemetery caretaker said Autumn was picked up earlier by an official car. If Mr.

of things, but crossing Mr. Walker was the last thing they needed. Only

eyebrow. "So, got a

flickered in Herman's eyes. "Well, Autumn's getting close to Daria. If Joseph finds

kid, after all. Whatever he does is his business. Do

Without proof, he didn't want to worry her. If it really

he asked gently, changing the subject. "How about grabbing some

been so caught up following Autumn, neither had eaten a

agreed. It had been way too long since she and Herman had sat down

at a cozy little wonton shop, just

go ahead with the party," Anastasia said suddenly. "It's

worried about the gossip and whether Anastasia could handle

he'd said before. To be fair, he'd skipped Emmie

year is this year, next year is next year,” Anastasia replied, sipping her

ne. Like

Don't worry about me. you said,

life

the end