Chloe nodded and smiled sweetly. “Thank you, Thomas.”

“You’re my godsister, so it’s my responsibility to keep you happy always. No need to thank me for the gifts. Now, try them out and see if it suits you.”

“Alright.” She got out of the car to try on the shoes. “They fit perfectly.” After that, she took them off and changed into her old shoes again.

Puzzled, Thomas asked, “Why’d you change them out?”

“I’m going to wear these when Zachary comes home. I’m going to welcome him back while wearing these shoes.”

Unbeknownst to her, Thomas felt his heart shred into pieces upon hearing that, and he froze up. She has no idea her brother’s never coming home.

“What’s wrong, Thomas?”

He snapped out of it and heaved a long sigh. “It’s nothing. You should go back to work.”

“It’s almost lunchtime, anyway. How about I treat you to lunch?”

he was in no mood for lunch, so he waved her down. “You

weird look on his face. It was almost as if Thomas was feeling sad. Why, though? Does he not want Zachary to come home? That’s

quiet spot to calm himself down. Then, he started burning through his stock of cigarettes, and soon, tears streamed down his cheeks. “I’m… sorry, my friend. I owe you a debt that can never be repaid, but

of that failed mission, especially the very moment he shot Zachary. Since then, he had developed somniphobia. He was afraid he might dream of that day again if

told anyone about it. He had a lot of things to do and so many

came back to Keyshire

“You’re back.” Olivia smiled.

“Yeah,” Thomas responded.

the shoes

“Very much.”

“Good to hear.”

in no mood to talk. He plopped down

heartbreaking. It seems like he didn’t just go to give Chloe

was alright, but she had no courage to do that. After all, Thomas and Olivia were the perfect match, not her. She might be seen as a third

also ended up giving their lives for it! I spent so much time and effort training them! Not one to give up easily, Blake had sent out six more killers

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