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Chapter 90

Author: Vickyy
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Charlotte

She starts to leave, then pauses and looks back at me.

"Think about what I said, Charlotte. We don't have to like each other. We just have to want the same thing." She glances at my mother. "It was nice meeting you, Mrs. Hayes."

After she leaves, Mom slides into the chair Elena just vacated, watching through the window as the woman disappears down the street.

"Well," Mom says finally. "That was certainly something."

I'm still holding Elena's business card, turning it over in my fingers.

"Charlotte?" Mom's voice pulls me back. "You okay?"

"Yeah. Just... processing."

"Want to tell me what that was about? Because it looked intense."

I fill her in on everything, Elena's claim about being Michael's mistress, the evidence she supposedly has, the credit she wants in return. Mom listens without interrupting, her expression growing more concerned with each detail.

When I finish, she's quiet for a long moment.

"What do you think?" I ask.

"I think..." She pauses, choosing her words ca
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