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Evangeline's brow furrowed on the other end of the line.

"You've barely unpacked from your trip abroad. Why the rush to work?"

She figured Alex would chill for a bit, maybe catch up with Trey before diving into the job scene. It seemed he was already on the move.

Alex let out a sigh, pretending to be trapped by circumstance. "What can I do? The job landed in my lap, and the higher-ups said, 'Get over here now.' So, I went. Evangeline could not help but smirk.

For any regular person coming back from overseas, hustling for a quick buck made sense, but this was Alex.

The same Alex who once made a fortune for the Gordons! Money troubles? As if.

"Spill it, Alex. Since when do you need cash? What's the real deal?"

even without bringing Walter into the mix. They could

his voice tinged with the awkwardness of a nerve hit. Then, like he was done fighting it, he admitted

Evangeline was momentarily

right, being cooped up at home

and Evangeline picked up on a touch of

thumbs; it was more about feeling lost. He just did not fit into the

upon second thought. Alex had been away for years, and he came back on a wheelchair, facing a world that

those circumstances, getting a job might actually be

to Avalon University to keep busy?" Evangeline's voice rose-playfully, teasing, "And why did you call me today? Surely you're

being Walter's relative, meant getting too chummy could

word in edgewise, then added, " But all kidding aside, I'm actually here to extend an invitation from the school for you to join us at Avalon University as a guest professor. "You might be in the dark here, but at the birthday

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the Fosters go way back, so the school figured I'd be the one to

out.

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