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?”

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

too young, like my sister, and if she wanted,

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

that it was more or less true. However, he insisted, “It’s not because she’s young. If I’d known her real age from the start, I

“I don’t believe

“Age doesn’t matter. It’s about a

are harder to fool. Fresh graduates are full of dreams and easy to

both

at them. “So where are you two going

for a moment before saying, “I have another place. Let’s go

but swallow hard but forced himself to say, “Estelle has blossomedlinenot going to be a third wheel. Besides… So what if someone died there? I used to sleep in a graveyard when I was

“Why didn’t you say so earlier? We’ve wasted so