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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

bottle Jean had been

stuff was poison–laced. They were the most direct proof of

they were gone. Not a

the one who cleaned it

hadn’t been

enough to

her lips together and

Thunk.

of something

Jean froze.

She immediately looked down.

was something on

left the school,

the security office and politely thanked the

up her cover story, she even carried out a workbook with her–pretending she’d come

main road,

climbed in, her

It was Sienna.

up the

voice was gentle. “Jean, are you still at school? Do you want me to come pick

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a small nod. “That’s

could tell Sienna was hesitating. Like she had something

Mom?” she

hesitated, then spoke softly. “Your

Her father?

eyes widened. A storm of thoughts flashed

that rotten bastard of

couldn’t hear Jean’s thoughts through the phone, but she could feel the silence

She’d expected this.

knew exactly what kind of man Matheo

was back, of course she

angry. What she felt

managed to find at

Sienna, or the

man was the real deal. A full–on, cold–blooded

her

again, wanting to

want Jean to know that she could hear her thoughts. Or that she already knew all of

The call ended there.

the cab. She still had the textbook she’d

the car moved, the lights from the streets cast fleeting

to stir with uneasy

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