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She eyed me carefully “Okay, what happened today, Ethan”

“After watching my business assets burn, I was pulled over by a cop No, I was pulled over byto be a cop”

Her eyes widened “Your father? He came to you? You spoke to him?”

I nodded

She shook her head, confused “For the dire would cause that You can s”

“They weren’t concerned about the drugs,” I explained as I brushed my hand over her neck “They were concerned about you”

“Me?”

“They apparently have proof you are betraying a her neck with the same hand she’d just wrapped

She didn’t even flinch as , her pulse beating

“I told you not to keep secrets So, Calliope, how do you plead to these charges?” Once again, I found ry at her I wanted to yell in her face I want to choke her with my bare hands, but I couldn’t

I was the one holding her by the throat, yet I was the one trapped Maybe she knew that, which hy the corner of her lips slowly turned upward

“I plead guilty, Boss”

What?

CALLIOPE

His eyes widened in utter shock He was shocked, and his grip on my neck loosened