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Did they couests?

I’d like to get my hands on one of them to ask But by the tiht, the Gallos are long gone, including the tall kid

God DAMN it

I head back to the library to reassess the day mess They destroyed my favorite part of the house

And ere they even in here, anyway?

I start looking around, trying to figure out what they were after

There’s nothing of significance in the library—any valuable papers or records would be in my father’s office, or mine Cash and jewelry are stored in the various safes scattered through the house

So as it?

That’s when my eye falls on the mantle, spattered with decelerant foam

I see the carriage clock and the hourglass

But

I hunt around on the ground and even in erate somehow

Nothing It’s nowhere to be found

Those fucking wops stole it

I storain after the interruption of the fire alar with some of her friends I could ask her if she invited Sebastian Gallo, but there’s no way she’d be clueless enough to do that Plus, she looks so happy despite the commotion—I don’t want to interrupt her