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.”

“He knows you’re a married woman, but he’s still that nice to you?

like him love young

He’s helping me out for something in return. I

the thing he’s looking for worth the lives of

looking for this box, but I don’t know why.”

hold that auction in J City and sold off the box he had? If he wasn’t a part of the Murphys

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

don’t know if that’s

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

looked at her.

some thought back in the glass room. I thought I’d open a company with you guys if I managed to get out alive, and I

one hell, and now you want to bind

met by chance, and I want this friendship to go on. We come from different places, so we’re going to drift away if we have nothing to connect us. I don’t

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