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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.

left, she must’ve gone to her desk and wiped out anything that could’ve

been drinking from. Like

They were the most

Not a

need to guess–Lacey was the one who cleaned it

course, Jean hadn’t been expecting to

to

her lips together and plopped down into

Thunk.

was the sound of something

Jean froze.

She immediately looked down.

something on

left the

the classroom key to the security office

with her–pretending she’d come all

on the main road, Jean called a

as she climbed

It was Sienna.

up

or nag. Her voice was gentle. “Jean, are you still at school? Do

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a small nod.

Sienna was hesitating. Like

is it. Mom?”

spoke softly. “Your father’s

Her father?

storm of thoughts flashed through her

of a deadbeat was really

phone, but she could feel

She’d expected this.

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

of course she wouldn’t be happy about

feel angry. What she

find at the Ginger estate was about

Sienna, or the

man was the real deal. A full–on,

kept her

again, wanting to say

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

The call ended there.

She still had the textbook

lights from the streets cast fleeting

mind started to stir with uneasy

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

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