After her phone call with Karl, Danielle returned to the office and spent the rest of the day scrolling through the internet. Surprisingly, there was not a single article about her. When she returned home after work, she asked Karl when they were eating together, “Did you do something? Why would so
“Ex-girlfriend? What a vile woman. Don’t worry about it. I’ll get it.” She set a stack of documents on the table before verifying, “The front gate?” “Yeah, but–” “It's okay.” Ava patted Danielle’s shoulder reassuringly. “What's the name of this friend of yours?” “Hugo Klein.” “Okay. Give me a f
On Friday noon, Danielle fell asleep on the recliner in the office. She was still sleeping even when it was time to get back to work. Ava nudged her gently. “Danielle?” Danielle slowly pried open her drowsy eyes. Ava woke her up. “Get up. You sure have been savoring your lunch naps lately.” Dan
“Help? Who? Timothy? What can he possibly do about this?” With the basketball team students surrounding them, Ava whispered to Danielle, “Who would have thought it feels safe with these kids protecting us?” Danielle responded with a smile as she, too, felt the same. Within a few minutes, there wa
Danielle smiled faintly. “I’m fine.” She looked up at him and finally realized that was what Timothy meant when he said help was on the way. When she first learned about his arrival, she was concerned. Yet now, she was wholly impressed. Not only did he not answer a single question the reporter th
“Rest assured, sir. I will not say a word about this.” With that, Karl waved him away. “Alright, you can finish up for the day if you have nothing left to do.” “Alright.” After that, Karl got home just in time for lunch. Dave went up to tell Danielle to join Karl downstairs. Seeing his return,
“I just hate him.” Karl saw Danielle’s curious look and decided to keep certain truths from her.“I have never hated anyone as much as I hate Noah White.”Danielle snickered. “Noah didn’t offend you. The White family did.”“But I don’t like how he tries to hook up with you.”Danielle said disdainful
After seeing this news, Danielle would be lying if she said she did not mind at all. Even though she knew it was fake news, she still felt uncomfortable. She did not want Karl to have even the slightest connection with Luna.Danielle put down her phone and picked up the book on the bedside table. Sh