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Chapter 38 : An Uncertain Future

I whip into Doc’s driveway and jump out of the SUV. Marcus meets me at the door before I even reach it.

“What’s going on? Is Ava okay?” he starts to question as I hurry past him.

“Ava’s fine, we fought, and I dropped her off at Ellie’s,” I answer angrily as I pull out my phone and pull up the news video about Conner.

I hand my cell over to Doc, who is now standing next to Marcus. They both freeze in place, eyes glued to the screen of my device. The reporter sounds unbothered as she reads the teleprompter, adding how it’s so sad that people can’t feel safe in their own homes anymore.

Doc looks up at me slowly, followed by Marcus.

“So, you were right about the leg belonging to him,” Marcus says, still very confused as to what this has to do with Ava.

“Ava thinks I did it. That’s why we fought. Everything I did to try and make Conner’s life miserable came back to bite me in the end,” I reply, dropping into one of Doc’s chairs.