Chapter 119

Violet was a little surprised to see McNeil already scooping Gwyneth into his

arms.

"In a bit, we'll join Ms. Marchand for the race," he said, glancing at Violet.

**The Turner Family**

Victoria ran one last test on the single-player version of the racing game. Satisfied that everything worked perfectly, she packed up and headed to McNeil's villa.

Hearing the car pull up, Xenia came to the door. For a moment, she just stared- taken aback to see Victoria standing there.

"Ma'am?"

What's she doing back all of a sudden?

"Is Gwyn here?" Victoria asked, balancing a large birthday cake, a doll, and a toy racecar-Gwyneth's favorites-on her arms.

let her in. She assumed Victoria was here to check on Mr. McNeil, but ever since he'd recovered from his illness, he hadn't

hasn't come

one of Mr. McNeil's girlfriends had tracked him down here, and after some drama, both she and Gwyneth had left together. Honestly, Gwyneth

had called earlier, she'd assumed her daughter would be waiting at home. She'd delayed a bit, making some last-minute tweaks to the game, and now guilt pricked at her

release event, and she'd even taken the day off for it. Ailie, her boss, insisted that the lead developer needed to be there in person,

Victoria's decision was clear: her

make her a cup of tea,

a special reason?" she ventured. Not that she meant to pry, but with the cake and gifts,

and the little miss hadn't returned home in

Victoria said, her voice softening. "She called and asked

was it, Xenia realized. Miss

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the group off at

the car, Gwyneth eyed Violet skeptically. "Ms. Marchand, weren't we supposed to go watch

track-today's just a test run, anyway. The real race is next week, and that'll be much more exciting," Violet replied,

work outfit. "You go change. I'll take Gwyn down first." Violet reached for his hand, teasing, "Come on, I'll just change here in the car. Gwyn's a girl-she won't care.

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