Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Leighton exclaimed, ‘Monster!’’ Nicole echoed, “Monster!”

For once, they were in complete agreement about something.

Estelle was thirty-four, while his girlfriend was twenty-one. Saying that he was robbing the cradle was an understatement.

Estelle’s face turned red with embarrassment as he explained through gritted teeth, “When we were playing games, she told me she was twentyseven. She didn’t show me any pictures, and I thought, who lies about being older?”

It turned out, some people did.

Leighton scoffed, “And after meeting her and knowing her real age, you didn’t cut ties?”

Estelle glared at him. “I did! I even deleted her from my WhatsApp!”

Nicole was curious. “So how did you reconnect?”

stayed off the game for a while, but one day I logged back in, and she immediately reached out, crying and asking

her she was too young, like my sister, and if she wanted, she could

but then a few days later, she said she was in a car accident. The driver fled, and she didn’t know what to do, being new in town, so I went to help…” Nicole watched Estelle’s uncomfortable expression and slowly said, “So,

young. If I’d known her real age

was skeptical, “I

matter.

fool. Fresh graduates are

throw both of them

throw the problem back at them.

saying,

to say, “Estelle has blossomedlinenot going to be a third wheel. Besides… So what if someone died

you say so earlier?