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Chapter 16: The Kitchen Window (Emma's POV)

Penulis: Alex Steel
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-09-01 20:49:56

The bank statement hit the counter like a slap.

I heard the paper smack against the laminate before I even turned around. Marcus had found it in the pile I'd tucked behind the toaster, the one I thought I'd hidden well enough. Apparently not.

He was waving it around the kitchen like it was evidence in a trial, his face flushed an ugly red, his voice too loud for this hour of the morning.

"Two thousand dollars, Emma? Two thousand?" He shook the paper at me. "What are we supposed to do with that
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