Female Novel
Chapter 150
Chapter 150
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Half an hour later, I’m pounding up the front steps to my childhoodhome and throwing open the screen door. | twist the doorknoband push on the wooden door behind it, expecting it to fall openwith its familiar creak, but | bump against it when it fails to open.Tears start to slide down my cheeks again as | suddenly realize
that it’s locked. Of course it is — we always lock the door in this neighborhood — and | don’t have my keys because they’re sittingin my old purse, which is back at Kent’s house.
| lean against the door with a heavy sigh, closing my eyes and letting myself cry more. It’s all just too much —Suddenly, | fall inwards as the door opens.
“Who...” Janeen says, and then gives a little gasp as | stumble into the house. “Fay!” she cries, her hands immediately on myarms, steadying me. “Are you all right? What's —” But as soon as | turn my tear—stained face up to hers, she wraps me in a hugand holds me close. “Oh, baby,” she coddles, “baby, don’t cry! It’s okay! What's wrong?”
| don’t say anything for a little while, just letting my sister hold me tight while | cry my heart out. She obliges me, shushing mesoftly and making comfortable noises until I’m finished. When my tears start to lessen, she gently peels me off her, crouchingdown to look in my face. “Fay,” she whispers, shaking her head at me in
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wonder. “What’s wrong? Are you okay?”
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| sniff, wiping at my nose and looking around the house. “Is dad
home?”
She shakes her head. “No, he went out with his buddies. He won’t
be back for a while.”
“Good,” | say, nodding. “I don’t want him to know.”
“Know what?” Janeen begs, her eyes going wider with wonder. | can tell she’s as intrigued as she is worried.“Come on,” | say, taking her hand and nodding towards the couch. “I'll tell you everything —”
“Nooo,” she says, digging in her feet and not letting me pull her into the living room. “With tears like that, we’re having this talkover vodka.” She gives me a wide-eyed look like I’m crazy for wanting to do this sober and | can’t help the little laugh that
bubbles out of me.
“Okay,” | nod, heading into the living room while she goes to the freezer and pulls out a bottle, starting to mix our drinks. Janeentakes her vodka simply, with a twist of lemon, but she adds a little orange juice to mine, knowing | need something sweet to cutthe bite. As she works | sink into one corner of our old couch, taking a deep breath and looking down at the crumpled contractstill
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Janeen places our glasses on the coffee table next to us before taking her familiar spot on the other side of the couch, her backagainst the arm, our feet mingling in the space between us. “Well?” she asks. | don’t say anything, just toss the crumpled paperat her so that it lands in her lap. “What’s this?” she
murmurs, unfolding it and frowning.
“My engagement to Daniel is over,” |inform her, my voice dead and mexpressionless Shetdoks Goat me inslidien's Sek. "| made a deal withKent to...work for him. Turn lvanagainst my dad and The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
towards him. In exchange, you’re getting this house. And a beachhouse.”
“We're getting a beach house!?” Her eyes go eagerly wide.
But | just purse my lips and glare at her, reminding her that I’mdistraught.
“Oh, yeah,” she murmurs, rolling hereyes alittle. “So wy frat your fakee gagentent to Fu gay ex ended,Fay, | was really rooting for you two—" The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
“Janeen!” | whine, kicking her a little. “Can you take this seriously! I’m upset!”
“Okay,” she sighs, and | see realapology on her face. “I’m sorry, Fay -you're right. It just\sge@s ligehaybethis ig RNckof Sweet deal. | mean, |know you weren't pumped about thatengagement, not really, so what's thedownside? Is it really dangerous?”The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!