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47– ILY

Author: Miriam Mavuzi
last update Last Updated: 2024-01-06 03:56:28
If this situation was as messed up as it seemed, then Hunter knew that not phoning King was the best thing he could do.

It still didn't make any sense for King to murder the father and then take in the son. You'd have to be a real psychopath to do that.

But Hunter believed in King. He had raised him as his own, never ever treated him like an outsider.

For the rest of the day Hunter tried blocking out those thoughts. He tried to go about his day as he would if it was any other normal day. But if it wasn't George Walker and his theory he was thinking about, it was Rebecca Holland. Wondering how Angelo and Nathan were treating her. Did they buy her any food this morning?

He pulled out his phone and went on UberEats. He came across some waffle restaurant on the app and checked their menu.

Rebecca really enjoyed those waffles the other day, he thought. Maybe he should order her some, with an orange juice. He did just that.

As he was waiting for the delivery, he took a shower and dre
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