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The main focus of most articles centred on an old love of his as foundin the New Raven River It was interesting because nobody accused Borden of co chain of crie that the two main murder suspects (who happened to be brothers) were found dead, their bodies almost burnt to a crisp a short distance from the river But they could never surface the evidence that it was him who committed the crime He had an alibi whenever he needed one He had the knowledge and powerful league of lawyers when he needed the ti such a vile hhhhhhhhhh

My stouilt Granny would kill me if she knew

After I finished, I cleared the history in case Granny was technologically savvy enough to see what I looked up; that woman never surprised me Then I headed out the door and walked three blocks to the nearest bus stop, ot hoh) again

Twelve

Eh I had Blythe and Tessa breathing down ht lipped and unwilling to open up Eventually they gave up, but they were pissy about it Blythe wasin deep shit, but I assured her it wasn’t like that Even though it totally was Goddammit

Friday rolled around and Granny had passed on the news to meet Joel at the New Raven Square in the north of town It was no wonder either, of course a doctor like him could afford to live around there He said he would be in front of the Bistro Bay restaurant, a very upmarket posh place I’d never been to before for obvious reasons

I wasn’t looking forward to it I sort of just wanted it done and over with because there was no way I was interested in being in a relationship Especially when the last week I’d guiltily obsessed about Borden, part ofhe’d return to the diner to finish off that kiss

But yeah, none of that happened

I struggled finding so to wear My finest outfit was the black strapless dress I’d worn at the club the weekend before Thatfor a first date I found a casual cap sleeve red dress with a long v neck It definitely gaveto achieve lately when I dined on barely anything at all and nothing in htened my black hair Without the loose curls, it reached alainst my colourless face I couldn’t afford a decent hair cut so I needed a distraction I settled with red lipstick It was bold but I hoped it worked

It was just starting to get dark when I reached the New Raven Square There were shops, restaurants, clubs and gardens all along this strip I didn’t co ay out of e I was definitely pressed for time, and it was made worse when I couldn’t find the place There were roups or as couples headed in all different directions S faces everywhere I felt out of place, like I was a wannabe in a sea of privileged people

By the time I found the restaurant, I was late, out of breath and h heels made fro out front with his back against the wall, staring down at his watch with a frown on his face

I hoped I didn’t fuck this up already by being late

"Hi," I said as I approached hilanced up at me and immediately his eyes roa out the product

His ht?"