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

help but doubt

herself thinking

a lot of strange secrets were hiding

group, the perfectly polished but oddly charged atmosphere of

supposed to be in a feel–good, badass

7:39 PM c

Her Brother Made Hot

+8 Pearls

After school.

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

she got home, the moment she stepped

tall figure standing

“Dominic?”

in surprise. You’re

n was

before dawn and came back after dark. Seeing him

“I got a call

from the

said, eyes fixed steadily

crease between his brows, a cold edge in his voice,

about

left his mouth, Dominic

didn’t really have the right

for so

didn’t feel like opening up to him, it was perfectly

weight of that truth made his

Jean scrunched her mouth.→

so touched… but let’s be real, he’s still head over heels for that Lawson family

she was deep in thought, Dominic suddenly reached out and grabbed her

face cracked

what kind of nonsense his sister’s brain was

hadn’t even met Selena

ended up involved with

mean he had to fall in

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

Can this guy read my mind or something? How did he know I was craving hot pot.. and thin–cut

turned his head slightly and gave her

truth was, he could hear

of them

grabbed a handled of beef slices

Her Brother Made Hot

beat. Her hand trembled, and her fork

That look. He wants

froze in the middle of

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