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When the moving truck stopped in front of Evangeline’s house, she came down and helped Allegra do the same, ready to give instructions where she wanted things to be placed. Before he even opened the door, his phone started vibrating in his pocket. It was more than one of several messages from Alec. The last one was audio.

"It doesn’t make any sense for you not to stay at my house. Audrey already pissed me off, asking me what I’d done to make you not want to live with us."

Evie rolls her eyes and puts her phone away again, finally opening the door. She decides to keep watching everything outside. Allegra sat on the curb, watching some random videos on the internet.

"Evangeline?" She turns and finds Howard coming down from a car. "You’re here!”

"He told you to come here? I won’t live in the mansion! Alec is impossible.”

Howard laughs and shakes his head in negative.

"Not really. Today is my day off. I came..." the driver looks sideways at Felippa’s house. "Felippa called me