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

hår a lot of strange secrets were hiding just beneath

the perfectly

was supposed to be in a

7:39 PM c

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After school.

parked at the usual spot. Jean, backpack

got home, the

tall figure standing

“Dominic?”

blinked in surprise.

n was

after dark. Seeing him home while the sun was still up was enough to throw

“I got a call

from the

early,” Dominic said, eyes fixed steadily on his

the crease between his brows, a cold edge in his voice, and something darker lurking

about what’s going on at

his mouth, Dominic seemed

the right to

her for so long. Never showed

she didn’t feel like opening up to him, it

weight of that truth made

Jean scrunched her mouth.→

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

Dominic suddenly reached

usually cold and stoic face cracked slightly. He looked

nonsense his sister’s brain was churning

hadn’t even met

up

to

pot bubbling in

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

and gave her a quiet

truth was, he could hear what she was

two of them sat facing

wait. She grabbed a handled of beef slices and dumped them in–but she used

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trembled, and her fork

look. He wants

in the middle of wiping himself

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