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Chapter 025

Author: Rhoda Wrights
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“Brielle, you should not go by yourself.” Andrei responds when I tell him about the mysterious call I just received.

After a few seconds, his text flashes on my screen: “Do not go until I arrive. On my way.”

"Andrei, I got this," I text back. “I'll let you know when I reach the Café...”

Keys in hand, I head straight out of the office.

***

I had made it to Coffee shop. Its warm, earth-toned brick and large windows framed by an elegant wooden sign proclaiming “The Coffee Club House” in curved, elegant letters.

The clear blue expanse above me was dotted with a few cotton-candy clouds.

As my eyes traveled beneath the shade of the café's canvas canopy, My heart nearly stopped.

Jamie.

There she was, standing just a few feet away. It felt like the universe was playing some kind of sick joke, placing the last person I'd expect to be involved in all of this right in front of me.

Her cold, calculating stare shifted rapidly between me and the Audi Parked behind me, like she was deciding whic
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