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Chapter 71 Dad’s Back

Jean’s eyes swept across the classroom.

Then, she quickly walked to Lacey’s desk.

Finished

Lacey wasn’t an idiot. There was no way she’d leave behind any obvious evidence at her seat-

Still, Jean wanted to see for herself.

Just in case.

She wasn’t about to let a single detail slip by.

Jean opened Lacey’s desk and carefully went through it. It was filled with nothing but books–no strange items at all.

She had no choice but to put everything back in place exactly how it was.

Jean wasn’t satisfied. She circled Lacey’s seat, even checked the trash can nearby.

But still nothing.

Jean pulled out a chair and sat down. She let out a low sigh, eyes unfocused as she stared into

space.

Was there really nothing she could do?

Was she really not going to find any proof that Lacey poisoned her…?

Jean quickly shook her head.

She couldn’t afford to think like that–not yet.

She stood back up.

Jean paced through the classroom’s rows of desks. The whole room was empty, quiet as a tomb.

She walked over to her own seat.

She hadn’t been back since last Friday. No one had touched this desk. Everything looked the same on the surface.

But-

Jean quickly lifted the lid of her desk and looked inside. And just like she thought-

Someone had messed with it.

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If she stayed that long, there was no way she didn’t do something.

Jean left, she must’ve gone to her desk

water bottle Jean had been drinking from. Like the snacks

They were the most direct proof

gone. Not a single trace

was the one

course, Jean hadn’t been

wasn’t stupid enough to

lips together and plopped down

Thunk.

sound of something

Jean froze.

She immediately looked down.

was something

the school, the

the classroom key to the security office and politely thanked

a workbook with her–pretending she’d come all this way just to pick

road, Jean called a

she climbed in, her phone rang

It was Sienna.

up the

didn’t scold her or nag. Her voice was gentle. “Jean, are you

emile

mur uou hom I’ll

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a small nod. “That’s

hesitating. Like

it. Mom?”

spoke

Her father?

widened. A storm of

rotten bastard of a deadbeat was really

thoughts through the phone, but she could feel the silence on the

She’d expected this.

knew too much. She knew exactly what kind of man Matheo really

Jean knew Matheo was back, of course she

Jean didn’t feel angry. What she

peace she’d managed to find at the Ginger estate was about to be

wasn’t like Sienna,

man was the real deal. A

her

again, wanting to say more,

hear her thoughts.

The call ended there.

the cab. She still had the textbook she’d taken from school resting

moved, the lights from the streets cast fleeting shadows across

to stir with

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in the gym, avoiding any face–to–face interaction with

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