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*Isla*

Back in my room, I sit on the bed and admire the cufflinks I’ve purchased for Maddox… with his own money… while Poppy is off fetching Mrs. Dixon.

I need to figure out what to do with them. I don’t want to leave them lying around, but I’m not sure that locking them up will do any good either, not when there’s someone like Mrs. Dixon around.

I remember something my mom did with my father’s birthday present a few years ago. She had pinched and scraped and waved every penny she could find for months in order to buy him a new baseball glove so that he could play catch with my brothers. Afraid that Dad would find the gift in our small house, she ended up finding a loose floorboard and hiding it in there.

This is a castle, though. Would there be a place in the floor or wall that was loose enough for me to hide them?

Poking around on the floor, I don’t notice anything like I did back at our house where the floor creaks with every step. For a moment, I think back to the house we used to
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Stephanie Jester
nope I think the private has been bought out and he's the one that tampered with the car and she is not safe
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Philomena Ward
I think Private Wylue is up to no good...and who is picking locks to Rebecca's old room???
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