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.”

a married woman, but

hotties like him love young

a weird direction, and I laughed. “Don’t think too much about it. He’s helping me

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

He’s looking for this box, but I don’t

off the box he had? If he wasn’t a part

and nodded. “Rich guys like him like to waste their time on stuff we think are unnecessary.” She then

but I don’t know if that’s going to change after what happened. You have

now. Hey, I have an idea. Do you guys

and Tabitha looked at her.

“I have been giving it 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 did get out in one piece. We’re going

got saved from one hell, and

can do anything together after 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 we have nothing to connect us.

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