“I guess you were right,” Declan said, looking at me.We were currently in a café near the lab, waiting for Claire to show up to get the tests done, but she was nowhere to be found. Her phone was off, or maybe she blocked us.When we met her four days ago, I had a strong feeling that she was lying. She wanted something out of us, but we weren’t fools. We weren’t going to take her word for it. It was stupid of her to think that we were going to believe anything she said without trying to find out whether she was lying or not.“She probably wanted money out of you, Declan,” I told him, reaching for his hand.“I need to find out why she did what she did,” he muttered, clenching his hand that wasn’t holding mine.“And we will, but right now, let’s just forget everything and leave. It’s been two hours. Her phone is off, and she hasn’t replied to our messages since yesterday,” I told him. He stayed silent for a couple of seconds before nodding.Wanting to take his mind off of everything, I
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