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"Romy, we found a container And it does have people in it But Celenia isn't one of them"

"Are you sure? Did you look a second time? Maybe she looks different I haven't seen her face-to-face in a while She could have dyed her hair Gained or lost weight Gotten work done I don't know You have to look again You have to ask them their names"

"Sweetheart, she's not here But listen to me, she could be on the next one, okay? We just have to wait it out and see But I wanted to call and tell you before this is all over the news I wish I could be there, but the cops are here The feds are here I can't leave"

"I understand," she said, voice thick, and it shattered so inside me to know she was upset, and that I couldn't be there for her

"I will get out of here as soon as I can, okay?"

"Okay," she agreed, and this time I could hear the tears in her voice

"Sweetheart"

"It's alright," she assured"I'll be okay You have to do what you have to do I'ht"

"Romy"

"I'm fine, Luca," she told me, voice a little firmer "I'm not mad or upset This is what you have to do And we can talk later It's okay But thank you For calling For not lettingto take a bath Have a cry Then pull ether"

"You don't have to do that When I get there, I can help"

"Alright I will pull hter "Thank you, Luca"

"I'll be there as soon as I can, sweetheart," I pro the call

"Aw, sugar plum, hoeet of you," Lucky's voice called frohed out my breath "I didn't knoere the pet names kind of cousins, puht it was suspicious that Matteo was giving you a burner," he said, shaking his head "I never thought I'd see the day when The Great Luca would fuck up," he added "It was givingto be the fuck up," he added, giving me a smirk

"Snooping around onthe phone into the water