Tessa had no good retort for that. Her face turned red with anger, and she frowned, ready to rebuke, but Laurel quickly stopped her, “Calm down, guys. Let’s talk this through. We don’t have to fight. It’s pointless. And we’re all safe and sound, and that’s a cause for celebration.”

Everyone fell silent, and Tessa stood up. “I’m full. You guys go ahead.” Then she went upstairs.

Tabitha and Nora said nothing, while Laurel looked at me and shifted the topic, “Are you going straight to A City after you go back, Scarlett?”

I nodded. “Yeah. I want to see my daughter.”

“You have a daughter?” She was surprised. “But you look so young. How old is your daughter now?”

“Five. Almost six, actually.”

They looked at one another, and Nora threw me a look of curiosity. “So you’re married? Does Armond know about it?”

That question was weird, but I nodded. “He does.”

woman, but he’s still

know hotties like

went in a weird direction, and I laughed. “Don’t think too much about it. He’s helping me out for something in return. I have

was surprised, and also flummoxed. “Is the thing he’s looking for worth the lives

He’s looking for this box, but I don’t know why.” I wasn’t sure who Armond was. His last name was Murphy, so

case, why did he take the trouble to hold that auction in J City and sold off the box he had? If he wasn’t a part

her chin and nodded. “Rich guys like him like to waste their time on stuff we think are unnecessary.” She then looked at me. “Thank

me. “My wedding’s in October, but I don’t know if that’s going to change

“Yeah, we’re besties now. Hey, I have an idea. Do you guys want

aback by that proposal, and Tabitha looked at her. “Don’t tell

company with you guys if I managed to get out alive, and I did get out in one piece. We’re going to work together for our

greedy! You just got saved from one

the hell we went through. We met by chance, and I want this friendship to go on. We come from different places, so we’re going to drift away if

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