When the Family Ch 9

Chapter 9 Her Brother Made Hot Pot

Not very peaceful!

Jean wasn’t sure what Sofia meant by that. But the girl continued, “Whatever you do, don’t go near the art building. Lacey and Deon both got into something dangerous over there.”

Lacey and Deon?

Weren’t those the two who bullied her today?

That was great news!

Whoever was lurking in the art building doing the Lord’s work deserved a medal.

Jean’s face–relaxed, her expression casual. “Really…? What kind of danger?”

“It happened last month,” Sofia explained, her brows still tightly furrowed. “School hadn’t started yet. The two of them came to campus with a few others to hang out and something happened in the art building. The school covered it up, so not many people know.”

“Then how do you know?” Jean asked.

Sofia sighed, clearly reluctant. “My uncle works as a security guard here.”

Sofia came from an ordinary background. She got into Stellarford Academy entirely on the strength of her grades–though her uncle being on staff didn’t hurt.

Her uncle was a talker. Always rambling about school gossip and rumors.

He’d let this one slip by accident.

It wasn’t like she wanted to know, okay?

“You’re not afraid I’ll spread it around?” Jean raised an eyebrow.

Sofia just shrugged. “There’s no such thing as a real secret. Everything comes out eventually. Sooner or later. But you’re the only person I’ve told.”

Jean’s eyes lit up, clearly intrigued. “Then tell me–what exactly happened to Lacey and Deon in the art building?”

Sofia shook her head. “I don’t know… my uncle wouldn’t tell me.”

In fact, he’d been tight–lipped about the whole thing. He hadn’t shared a single detail.

All he’d said was-

It was creepy. He didn’t want her having nightmares, so he left it at that.

But today, both Lacey and Deon had shown up to school like nothing had happened. They looked totally normal. No weird behavior, no aftereßects,

really that serious? Sohan

but doubt

herself thinking

lot of strange secrets were hiding just beneath the

God group, the perfectly polished but oddly

to be in a feel–good,

7:39 PM c

Her Brother Made Hot

+8 Pearls

After school.

spot. Jean, backpack in hand, hustled to the curb and climbed

home, the

figure

“Dominic?”

blinked in surprise. You’re home

n was

work. He left before dawn and came back after dark. Seeing him home while the sun was still

“I got a call

from the

early,” Dominic said,

his brows, a cold edge in his voice, and something darker

never tell me anything about

Dominic seemed

really have the right

ignored her for so

opening up

truth made his frown

Jean scrunched her mouth.→

still head over heels for that Lawson family princess. I’m just a random little sister he happened to pick up along

thought, Dominic suddenly reached out

and stoic face cracked slightly. He

of nonsense his sister’s brain was churning out all

even

if–like Jean claimed–he ended up involved

mean he had to fall in

the dining room, and she immediately spotted the steaming hot pot bubbling in the middle of the table, surrounded by plates and plates of sliced

guy read my mind or something? How did he know I was

and

was, he could hear

two of them

handled of beef slices and

Brother Made Hot

Her hand trembled, and

That look. He wants to throw me into the

in the middle of

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