Chapter 27
When I got back, Lila was still lying on her bed.
seemed like my overwhelming frustration was obvious. Lila sat up and moved closer to examine mr. “What happened to you?!
“n’s nothing,” replied I was utterly exhausted as flopped onto my bed and closed my eyes, All I wanted was some peace.
Lila took two steps closer and yanked me off the bed. “Get up. There’s no way it’s nothing. Jest look at how awful your expression is!” Seeing her concem, I finallysat up and told her everything that had happened today.
I did need an outlet for all the emotions that were building up inside me, and Lila happened to be a willing listener. After recounting the day’s events, I began to sense something
tila looked furious as she said, “What a disgusting pair! Serena, how could you just keep quiet after suffering through all this? If Alex hadn’t helped you behind the scenes this
, then the consequences.”
She started to choke up slightly. “I don’t even want to think about it.”
Looking at how frustrated and concerned Lila was, let out a soft laugh. I grabbed a tissue and wiped her tears. “It’s alright, Lila. I’m fine, aren’t 1?”
But saving that only seemed to flip switch inside her. She started to cry even looder.
1 pulled her into a hug. Having a friend like her sort of made up for all the bad back I had suffered. I felt touched as looked at her tearfultace, and I couldn’t stop myself from laughing
Lila looked up in disbelied when she beard my laughter. When she saw that I was actually laughing at her, she immediately stopped crying. She shoved me and said, “Serena, you’re so heartless. How could you laugh right now?”
Looking at her angry face, 1 quiddy said, “I was just thinking, la, that having a friend the you must be the universe’s way of compensating me for all that I suffered through.” tila troze for a moment before she turned to look at me. Her eyes were filled with joy, and a smile tugged at the comer of her lips, but shest feigned disdain and said, “Ugh,
Thugged her and said, “is it that comy? Well, I’m only comy for you.”
Aber a while, she started to calm down. Then, she looked at me and asked, “Serena, are you really going to let those two get away with this I can’t help but feel unhappy about that.
I shook my head. “Lila, don’t you think there’s something oddly fishy about this whole thing?”
“What do you mean?” asked in confusion.
Just think about it en is someone who skirts on the edge of the law. He lives in the shadows. He’d avoid the police like the plague and wouldn’t easily expose himself to intriders, especially in situations that might lead to trouble. Wouldn’t I have won instantly it had just called the police caller?” Imused.
La said with a frown, “That’s true. How much money did Elena pay Kevin?”
Theld up the fingers
Thirty thousand dollars La’s frown deepened. “That’s hardly worth it for Kevin to take such a risk. If you had called the police just now, he would definitely have been caught” “Barty” Thinking back to how Kevin acted earlier, I grew more concerned. “I can’t shake the feeling that Kevin isn’t as simple as he seems”
