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“What are we looking for again?” Jade asked as they slowly drove past the house with the address Chloe had given her.Racheal looked at the modest duplex, with an open garage.It was exactly the way she had imagined the house a mistress would keep would look like.“Chloe’s car is in the garage, she is in.” Racheal said, as Jade stopped the car in front, three houses away from Chloe”s, on the opposite side of the street.“How do you know what her car looks like? How did you guess she had an open garage so we would be able to see if her car was in or not?” Jade turned to look at her, bemused.“It was all a long shot in the dark,” She replied.She was just happy everything was working so far.“And I checked her social media page. I saw what kind of car she drove.”Jade turned to stare at the house through the rearview mirror.Racheal thought Jade was very smart. They could not draw any attention since they were not even parked facing the house.“If she leaves, we will tail her, and she w
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“What do we do now?” Jade asked, turning to look at Racheal.“I have to go in.” She said, already opening the door.“I will come with you.” Jade said.“That would be too suspicious. I will wait for you to get back to the car, then I will dial your number and put my phone in my purse so you can hear me.”She thought of Steffan, he might call, and her line would be engaged.He can wait. She did not think he would find Skylar in the ten minutes it would hopefully take her to get the permit, and get out.Jade looked down at the straw purse her friend was holding, and nodded.“Racheal.” She called as she got out of the car.She looked back.“Your scarf.”Racheal paused, and remembered.She felt her head and took the scarf off and gave it to Jade.Then she opened the door, and looked up at the front windows of Chloe’s house.All the blinds were drawn shut. She looked down the road, the street was still quiet.She casually walked out of the car, past the well-tended lawns and up to Chloe’s f
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