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37: Desperate To Catch Your Lies

Author: FELZ
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-05 02:01:38

Valerie’s POV

“Did Penny… Did Penny kill my sister?”

The words are dead heavy to say, but somehow, I mumble them with utterly quivering lips.

“Uh-” Baron equally stutters. “Valerie, listen…”

I want to hear him, but I zone out. My eyes fall back to the laptop on the edge of the table. On the bold screen, my sister is rolling on the ground, her hands clutching her stomach as she cries in agonizing pain after consuming a meal brought in by Penelope.

And fucking Penelope had hugged her before she left.

My bloody friend.

Tears sting my eyes. ‘Breathe, Vee.’ I repeat nonstop, head up to keep the tears from rolling.

“We can't just assume she did it.” Baron’s voice echoes in my head, overshadowing my soft sobs.

For a cold second, I focus on my husband, the same man who will throw Penny off the moving train if he’s her seatmate. Now, he’s some sort of defense?!

I scoff and gulp dryly. “Huh?” I manage the only words that form.

He shrugs and plasters his hands on his hips. Then he starts m
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