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She pressed a hand toheart matched hers, which it did And then she peered up atlike the world had suddenly changed around us and I was the only constant

“That was kind of a,” she whispered

My s, it hurt

It was a, and it was all because of her

The day of Dareen dress Jillian had sent to her, which I found fitting She’d be wearing his daughter’s e cracked open Wayne Laot the revenge she rightfully deserved

The Lambert estate was only a decade old, but it had been built to look historic and h she’d been there before, she surveyed the estate critically froe Rover while aited to unload at the front door

She was understandably anxious, but I took her hand in mine and reminded her how prepared she was Thursday and Friday we’d done dry runs, and she’d been flawless Even still, if at any point she wanted to abort, she knew to do that She already had one strike on her record, and she’d lose everything if she got caught

We were one of the first couples to arrive, and that was by design I wanted E upstairs early in the evening, giving her as much time as possible to work on the safe

When the back seat door opened and she stepped out of the car, it was like she’d flipped the switch on her nerves to the ‘off’ position Eether up the stone steps to the front entrance It was i a role

Wayne and Serena Lauests, and both sets of eyes lit up when they saw ress with the board, and Serena’s becausewell, I was everything her husband wasn’t

Even when I was dating her daughter, Serena had hinted that she wanted to have an affair withJillian or had been invited over for dinner She always had excuses to toucha hand on

Her atte, and I wasn’t interested Even if I were—shit, h at the time with Alice I wasn’t about to add another irlfriend