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Chapter 71.SAFER WITH ME THAN ALONE.Clary's POV.I just knew that I had to do something else they wouldn't leave. However, I must say that I was fortunate not to have been caught that I was only faking a call to the cops. If I had been caught, then Browne would have figured that Hayley was lying. Meanwhile, she remained silent. Although, they were long gone, but it seemed like she was yet to recover from the shock that their presence brought to her and I could understand that.“Hey, are you alright?” I asked, settling on the couch. “It is fine; they are gone now, and they won't be returning any time soon. Besides, you did a good job back there.” “I recall that seal.” she said, with tears in her eyes. “It's my father's.” “I know that you do.” I said, with a smile, as I stroked her hair gently. “However, if you had said that, then you would have been taken away. That was why I asked you to pretend like you haven't seen it.” “He said that my father is dead.” she said, blinking back

Chapter 73.TICK TOCK! TICK TOCK!Clary's POV.I knew it. I just knew that it had to be him. Turns out that I wasn't wrong about who I saw earlier. But why pretend like he actually came to get something when he only came to watch me? Perhaps, was he thinking that I would run away? If that was his thought, then he was wrong. I already ran away once, and I wouldn't make that same mistake again.However, It just didn't make any sense. Had he suddenly become jobless? Or was the pack of no interest to him anymore that he'd suddenly decided to follow me?“What do you think you're doing right now?” I asked, with an edge to my voice. “Is this some kind of joke or what?” “Joke?” he crinkled his face at the word. “Oh come on, Clary. You should know better that I won't joke with things like this. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong by trying to help you out. Besides, you're like a younger sister to me, or isn't that so?” As his words fell upon my ears, I laughed low in my throat. Younger s

Chapter 75.ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD.Clary's POV.“You have no idea what you're saying, or what you're about to do.” I said, shaking my head with tears in my eyes. “If you bring that book to Eric, you'll be giving him what he wants. Trust me, you don't want to do that.” “Compared to having him torture, or get rid of me, I think that's a better idea.” she said, with ice in her voice. “Let's face the reality, Clary. Eric will stop at nothing until he gets that book, and you know that.” “Of course, I do.” I said, barely breathing the words. “Then give him what he wants!” she raised her voice.“I don't know where it is.” I said, using a measured tone.“Then look for it!” she yelled, righting herself from the couch. “Do something! You say that you're going to figure out a way for me and every other person close to you not to get hurt, but you know quite well that Eric is always a step ahead of everything you do, right?” “Look, I uhm, I understand how you feel Hayley.” I swallowed hard, and

Chapter 77.A SIMPLE INSTRUCTION.Clary's POV.Yeah. I expected that too. You know, his hand suddenly looking fine and good as if it was never broken to begin with. If anything, Mrs Johnson had told me that she would fix it, but then I expected him to at least pretend that he was still hurt. Although it was his home, but it just didn't seem right for him to walk about acting like he was fine, even though he was. Perhaps, a bandage around the hand could have done the magic.“Hey, is there something wrong?” I asked, nudging Gracie in the arm discreetly. “You haven't touched your food yet.” Not just me, but I guess Mrs Johnson and Greg noticed but refused to say a thing about it.“It is nothing.” she said, wearing that smile that seemed to hide a little, but reveal a lot.Meanwhile, I was actually expecting her to say that. But hey? It's been minutes and all she's done so far is push her food round her plate. And it didn't seem like she would stop anytime soon. It was obvious that ther

Chapter 79.A REMINDER!Clary's POV.I walked out of Mrs Johnson's room, but as I got to the dining, I couldn't find Greg or Gracie.“Over here,” the voice came from behind.I turned back, and found them sitting close to each other on the couch. Meanwhile, Greg's hand was still up for a little longer, before he finally dropped it. Going by the look of things, it seemed like they were having a good conversation and I'd interrupted them.If that was the case, then it was good because it didn't seem like she was worried about Greg's hand looking good and fine all of a sudden. But still, I couldn't tell what their conversation was all about. And trust me, it didn't matter much to me. All I wanted to do was fetch anything that belonged to Hayley, bring it to Mrs Johnson just as she had said, so that we could find her. I had no idea how she was going to do it, but it was my best shot at finding Hayley.“Ahem,” I walked into the sitting room, rubbing the base of my neck with a hand. “Is th