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Chapter 24: Believe Me
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2021-11-07 23:54:41Charlotte called Detective Fontaine from her office, but he wasn't at the station, so she left a message asking for him to call her back.
She really didn't have a lot to do until she met with Logan's team, so she decided to finally call her mother. She had been dreading talking to her since the incident at Mary's party, but she knew she'd have to talk to her eventually, so she might as well get it over with.
Her mother picked up after the first ring.
"Sarah Astor speaking."
"Mother."
"CHARLOTTE MARIE ASTOR!"
Using Charlotte's middle name never meant good news.
"How are you doing?" Charlotte said in a nonchalant tone. She wasn't going to acknowledge that anything was wrong.
"How do you think I'm doing?! We were all worried sick about you. First, you bring this Hamilton man to the party out of the blue, where he causes a scandal, and now you're working on his murder case? MURDER!? You brought a murderer to our
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