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Celeste drove off after the meal with Beck and Shanice. On the way home, she received a call from Lottie.

“Cel, where are you? I’m exhausted! Hurry up and come pick me up for dinner.”

Celeste didn’t mention that she had already eaten. “Where are you?“”

“Yorkshire Garden,” Lottie said. “It’s that classical courtyard–style residential complex developed a few years ago. I’ve been here all morning with my aunt, looking at houses. I’m dead tired.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up, Celeste adjusted her GPS and headed toward Yorkshire Garden.

About ten minutes later, Lottie called again. “Damn! Guess who I just

ran into?”

Celeste paused. Lately, there was only one person who could make Lottie curse

right off the bat.

“Trevor and Wynn with her whole family! He’s here showing the Locket family around!”

Celeste’s expression remained unchanged as she let

So, the reason he had left Jordyn

their new home. If the Locket family planned to stay in Baumond,

parked her

she would be out in a

She said she wanted to stop by the

her the location.

the car, she spotted Erin, Harvey, and Lilian walking toward the

lot.

all smiling brightly, clearly in

car, but the three of them entered the parking lot from the other side and didn’t notice

Trevor and Wynn. They were walking out surrounded

Wynn, holding onto his arm, also gave her a cold

indifferently. She walked past

heard from the staff that the villa Trevor bought for the Locket family is

responded with a

“And, I also heard that the reason they came here to buy a house is

No wonder Lilian had been

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