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54. The Pretentious Mate
[Xavier]
Leikos was getting annoyed and anxious. Why did Ava offer to show Erica around? he wondered. He hardly paid any attention to the conversation among his aunt and mother while his father and uncle Roland had gone to play billiards in the game room. He wasn't keen on joining his father and he was too restless to do anything else, so here he was stuck with his mother and aunt.
"I wish Matty could join us," he heard Jade sigh. Freida hummed in agreement, "I know, but then at the last moment she was dragged away by her sisters-in-law for a shopping trip". Jade grumbled. She was not too fond of Mathilda's sisters-in-law.
Xavier was least interested to stay and listen to the two sisters gossiping about everything and nothing. Let's go and find Erica, Leikos suggested. Xavier stood up and was about to leave when Jade stopped him.
"Xav, wait. Don't we have some important things to discuss
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