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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.

must’ve gone to her desk and wiped out anything that could’ve served as

the water bottle Jean had been drinking from. Like the snacks

were the

they were gone. Not a

the

hadn’t been expecting to find

wasn’t stupid enough to leave something

together and plopped

Thunk.

was the sound of something hitting the

Jean froze.

She immediately looked down.

was something

Jean left the school, the sky was

classroom key to the security office and politely thanked the

she even carried out a workbook with her–pretending

on the main road, Jean

she climbed in, her

It was Sienna.

up

was gentle. “Jean, are you still at school? Do

emile

uou

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Finished

gave a small

hesitating. Like she had something else to

Mom?”

then spoke softly. “Your

Her father?

eyes widened. A storm of thoughts flashed

bastard of

thoughts through the phone, but she could feel

She’d expected this.

too much. She knew exactly what kind of man Matheo really was. Just like Sienna,

was back, of

didn’t feel angry. What she

managed to find at the Ginger estate was

wasn’t like Sienna,

real deal.

sighed silently and kept her tone level. “Got it,

mouth again, wanting to say more,

to know that she could hear her thoughts. Or that she already knew all of Matheo’s dirty

The call ended there.

still had the textbook she’d taken from school resting

moved, the lights from the

started to stir

12:53 PM

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was alone in the gym,

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