Chapter 3
Lois stood from the desk and adjusted her knee-length black skirt to ensure she had no wrinkles and checked her shirt was still tucked into the waist. Neat and tidy, as she’d been raised. She nodded at Dylan and said, “I’m ready.”
He opened the safe room door and she walked out first. Behind her, Elle told her brother, “Dylan, be careful.”
Lois kept her head down and didn’t interfere with the siblings as she headed to Elle and Navid’s front door. The Bentleys were a tight family, something she’d admired.
She glanced back to see Navid pace the room like he was visualizing the schematic. They hadn’t treated her cruelly after her confession.
Dylan chuckled. “Always.”
Elle fixed his black t-shirt and said, “Don’t do anything rash.”
Once they made it into the living area, he hu
