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Luckily, Abraham didn’t push it any further. He gave a small nod. “You’ll have to get used to these changes.”
Marie stayed silent<i>. </i><i>He </i><i>sure </i><i>looks </i><i>like </i><i>he’s </i><i>used </i><i>to </i><i>it </i><i>already</i>.
His phone rang. After checking the caller ID, he absentmindedly ruffled Ste’s hair. “Gotta take this.”
“Okay.”
Ste nodded sweetly.
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As Abraham turned to leave with the phone in hand, he looked back over his shoulder. “And no more eating.”
“Oh…”
She’d been so caught up in the awkwardness that she’dpletely forgotten she was eating in the first ce.
But now that he mentioned it, all she could think about was how good the food had been today.
Marie hurriedly had the rest cleared away.
As soon as Abraham left the room, Marie leaned in toward Ste. “Well? How did it feel?”
“How did what feel?” Ste blinked, thrown off by the question.
“When I called you sister–inw. What did that feel like?”
<i>Uh</i>…
<i>It </i><i>definitely </i><i>felt </i><i>strange</i><i>, </i>to <i>say </i><i>the </i><i>least</i>.
“Come on, say it. What did it feel like?”
“It felt pretty weird.”
“Right? I knew it! I thought it felt weird <i>too</i>. But Abraham? That guy just rolled with it. Unreal.” “Right? I knew it! I thought it felt weird too. But
“I don’t care. When he’s not around, you’re still my Ste. I’m still calling you Marie.”
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No way was she going to take Abraham’s stiff, to heart.
How had she never noticed before how rule–obsessed he was?
Ste nodded obediently. “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”
The oppressive weight Marie had been feeling earlier finally lifted a bit.
That had really been a lot…
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Just <b>as </b>she was about to keep chatting, her phone buzzed.
She nced at it–Derrick.
She didn’t want to answer.
She hung up immediately.
But just as she did, a message came through: “I’ll be at the door in five minutes. Come out.”
Marie nearly exploded.
What <i>the </i><i>hell </i>is <i>this</i>? A <i>military </i><i>order</i><i>? </i>
Ste caught a glimpse of the message too. “Didn’t you guys have a huge fight just now? How did that end?”
“With a fistfight.”
Ste blinked. <i>This </i><i>woman </i><i>really </i><i>lives </i><i>in </i>a war <i>zone</i>.
She gave Marie a worried nce. “So… who won?”
Honestly, the exact nature of their chaos didn’t matter. What mattered to Ste was whether Marie came
out on top or not.
As long as she wasn’t the one losing, everything else was fine.
“It was a draw.”
Even as Marie said it, her voice held a hint of gritted teeth.
That was all Ste needed to hear to drop the subject.
A <i>draw</i>, <i>huh</i>? <i>That </i><i>bastard </i>Derrick <i>really </i>is <i>tough </i><i>to </i>deal <i>with</i>.
Before either of them could say anything more, Marie’s phone rang again.
Derrick. Again.
That was thest straw.
“You stay here. I’m going out there to deal with him.”
Was it really that serious? It was just a wedding–why was he all over her like this?
Before Ste could say anything, Marie was already storming out the door.
Just as she was about to peek outside and see what was happening, Tessa called.
Ste picked up. “Tessa?”
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“Ste, I asked you for help. I need to see my mom.”
<b>“</b><b>I </b>already told my brother. He’s going to handle it.”
She had been keeping a close eye on this. After speaking to Abraham, she’d continued to quietly follow up on the progress.
Tessa let out a weak sigh. “Yeah, I know. He already arranged it.”
Ste was stunned.
“That fast? Did he say when you’ll meet?”
“He passed it to Victor.”
<i>Wait</i>, what?
<i>Victor</i><i>? </i>
“He gives Victor most of the important stuff.”
So Tessa’s request was considered one of the important ones? That was good news. Really good.
It meant this was being taken seriously.
She hadn’t picked up on Tessa’s tired tone at all. Smiling, Ste said, “If Victor’s handling it, you can rx. You’ll see your mom even sooner.”
Yep, that was definitely how it worked.
But hearing how rxed Ste sounded about Victor taking over, Tessa had no words.
She quietly whimpered, “Ste…“__VAR
“Huh? What is <i>it</i>?”
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Ste had just reached the doorway and was trying to peek at whatever Derrick and Marie were up to outside.
But that whimper from Tessa yanked her attention back almost instantly.
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“Why do you sound so upset? Don’t worry–Victor’s super reliable. I mean, yeah, you’ve been in danger a few times around him, but you’ve never actually been hurt, right? That proves he’s trustworthy.”
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