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32. A Sudden Plan

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~ LAYLA ~

Quade looks uneasy and clearly displeased with the arrival of his sister. There are clear similarities between them, yet the more seconds that pass by the more I can sense the tension heightening between them.

“Why don’t you join us?” I ask smoothly, pretending not to have heard the sarcasm in her voice when she introduced herself. What better way to learn more about Quade than with someone who had grown up with him?

“Of course, I thought you’d never ask.”

“Actually, I don’t think so. What are you doing here, Nikita?” Quade’s voice drips with venom, and I’m slightly surprised he isn’t trying to hide it. Maybe I am the one who is thinking too much into it. Perhaps he isn’t hiding who he is from me? Am I being too paranoid?

“You know why I’m here, brother,” she replies, about to sit beside me when Quade stands up.

“Let’s go,” he says to me, tossing some cash onto the table, he glares at his sister. “Come within a mile of us and I will fucking end you, Nikita.”

“Try it and this
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Urška Ostanek
I have so say. It is not your style of writting. Seems like it’s not your work.
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Karina Vazquez
More lies. Again, what is with this vitamins and drops. I hope Nadia doesn’t know they are poisoning her. There are lots of things she does not remember, she must still be taking those pills and must be in the vitamins, right?
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Tara
Smooth Julian…. ...... And Nadia and her vitamins and teas is sketchy AF
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