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Chapter 6
"Where is she?!"
"Oh, James! I'm so glad you're here!" Milena throws herself running at me, locking her arms on my neck in some kind of a hug and I just stand there, awkwardly. What the heck?
"Milena, get off me," I stiffen.
"Sorry, James, I'm just so... I'm so afraid."
"What happened to her?"
"Her brother found her in the bathroom, blood everywhere... I-I--"
"Leyla Moore's relatives?"
"Here!"
It's only now that I notice Leyla's parents sitting in the chairs behind us. His father busily talking to mine, apparently too obvious it's about something not related to the current situation with Leyla and her mother... well, she's just nervously biting her nails.
My ex almost-to-be father in law, Simon, is a not so tall grey-haired man, in his early sixties, although you can easily mista
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