But just before I stepped off the yard, I heard the thud of footsteps running after us and my stomach sank.

Alexander wasn’t done with his mind games yet.

“Wait, Olivia! I need to talk to you,” he called.

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I turned around because I knew that running away from him would seem childish.

He gazed at me with an expression that made me shift fro another. Alexander was staring at me with such intensity u seemed like he was trying to read my mind.

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foot to

“You’re going to her uncle’s house?” he asked and nodded, and Kelly, who was slowly edging away from the group, her eyes on Alexander. She seemed weary of him.

“Yes…” I answered, having a bad feeling about what was coming next.

“I’m free for the rest of the day, so why don’t I join you,” Alexander said in a casual tone, but his eyes were calculating.

He stood next to me and gestured for us to keep walking.

to argue that he hadn’t been invited along, but I knew that the sun would go down soon, and we really didn’t have time for

that I’ll be


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us luck, and then

the six of us continued along the riverbank, Kelly gestured for Ava and me to

whispered. “I don’t know if I’m comfortable with him coming along. I think

Ava assured her. “And if he gets a little too curious, we can tell

seemed to comfort Kelly for

secret smi as if he knew we were talking about

s face

we walked

thought. He kept his arm right next to mine, and every so often, our skin would brush and

going to squeeze in here,” Aiden said, trying to get in between


pulled her brother back by his wrist. “You failed to protect us from that dog even though it was your one job,” she scolded. “As your punishment, you have to walk beside your annoying big sister and not

around and noticed that Ava was smiling at her

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along the riverbank “You would never win in a fight against Alexander I’m trained in five different martial arts, and

Robert started bickering about who would win in a fight: Alexander

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