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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.

she must’ve gone to her desk and wiped out

been drinking from. Like

were the most

Not a

need to guess–Lacey was the one who cleaned it

course, Jean hadn’t been

to leave something

and plopped down into her

Thunk.

was the sound of

Jean froze.

She immediately looked down.

something on the

the school, the sky was

the classroom key to the security office and politely

with her–pretending she’d come all this

the main road, Jean called

climbed in,

It was Sienna.

up the

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

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gave a small nod. “That’s

tell Sienna was hesitating. Like she had something else to

is it. Mom?”

spoke

Her father?

of

rotten bastard of a deadbeat was

the phone, but she could

She’d expected this.

kind of man Matheo really

back, of course she wouldn’t be

angry.

she’d managed to find at the

like Sienna,

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

sighed silently and kept her tone level. “Got

again, wanting to say more, but held

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

The call ended there.

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

car moved, the lights from the streets cast fleeting shadows across her

to stir with

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the gym, avoiding any face–to–face

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