“Cassie, don’t be stupid. Where the hell are you?” Selena asked, her voice a mix of worry and irritation. “Did you know that Aunt Olivia fainted this morning already?”
Cassie pressed her lips tightly, sighing as she watched her cousin enter the large metal gate of the Adams Residence. When she saw Nathan’s car in the driveway, she immediately retreated and hid behind their neighbor’s gate. She had been there for an hour, only waiting for Nathan to leave.
“Is my mom okay now?” she asked worriedly, peering at the mansion.
“I’m not sure,” Selena answered, glancing over her shoulder.
Cassie wasn’t the kind of person who would run away. She would hide and show up after knowing she had irritated everyone to death, especially Nathan. But the last time it happened, they were only eleven.
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