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CHAPTER FORTY FIVE

Lanaya saw Mister Shanti and his wife enter the ambulance and speed away. To comfort a devastated Priya, Mahdiya and Yusuf had retreated to their bedroom. The poor kid was so upset that she was ill from crying, screaming, and kicking. Still, Lanaya could make out her stifled tears.

Jacqueline went to the kitchen to prepare tea for the elderly man she called Sheikh. She had been accompanied by another of the men standing outside the whole way. Lanaya speculated that they suspected one of their own had poisoned Mister Shanti. Salvetti appeared to scowl at the Sheikh as though he suspected the latter of poisoning him but couldn't quite believe it was the latter.

As soon as Salvetti saw that the ambulance had disappeared, he walked back to the house and stared at Lanaya.

"Go inside where it's safe."

She gave him a glare of irritation. It's possible that the combination of exhaustion, anxiety, and fear she felt ultimately led her to act on her suicidal ideation. I said, "And do what?" blan
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