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This was news to everyone They all listened intently, waiting for more

When Sean was able, he continued "She knew Alex and the rest of us were going to be gone, but Aaron didn’t And we didn’t want hiht She convinced hiht before we set out, and she pro she could to keep Arti as possible"

Silances Carina stared, unbelieving

Sean took a sip of water and continued "She felt her days were nu how remorseful he was about the part he played Eva had secretly kept hiet him out of there And it finally came She convinced Aaron that he was loyal, and talked hi stood abruptly and began to pace, visibly angry but keeping her thoughts to herself

Sean struggled to lift hihan hurried to help hiin to cry "Claire, please listen"

Ms Morning blew her nose in a tissue and nodded

"Eva Fathom was our friend And Mr Today knew it"

"Don’t," Ms Morning said

"She and Mr Today had a plan"

"It’s her fault he’s dead!"

"No No I know it looks that way, but it wasn’t her fault"

Ms Morning paced a bit more, then stopped at the end of Sean’s bed and folded her arht Tell me, then"

Sean closed his eyes hts, and then opened the to kill Mr Today for a long ties, he didn’t dare So he told Eva to do it to prove that she was truly on his side, because he didn’t trust her" He leaned forward and winced "And we needed him to trust her"

"We?" Carina said sarcastically "You mean you"

Sean winced "I’y "Justjust go on"

Sean nodded and turned back to Claire "Like I said, we needed Aaron to trust Eva So she and Mr Today concocted a plan: They would go on holiday together Eva stole heart attack spells from Carina to show Aaron she had the means to kill Mr Today He took some from her, so she lied and told him that one heart attack spell was deadly, in case he ever decided to use it Then she told Aaron she’d kill Mr Today on their holiday, and when she returned to Artimé, she’d tell everyone he’d died on the journey"