Zachary said, “Sure.”

Trevor nodded and turned to Celeste. “Are you going home tonight?”

Celeste had still been going over the conversation between Trevor and Zachary in her head. When he suddenly spoke to her, she paused for a moment before responding, “No.”

Trevor nodded again. “Got it.” Then he stood up and said, “I’ll come by later to pick Jo up.”

That meant he was leaving.

Celeste replied coldly, “Got it.”

Trevor didn’t say anything else to her. Instead, he walked over to Betty and said, “Madam Klein, I have things to attend to, so I’ll be leaving now.”

Betty didn’t stand up, and her tone was equally cold, “Sure I won’t

see you off ”

Trevor didn’t seem bothered by her indifference. He turned to Ivan, gave him a slight nod as a form of greeting, and then left the banquet hall.

Outside the hotel, Beck had just stepped out of his car when he saw Trevor walking out. His movements stalled for a brief moment.

Trevor quickly got into his car and drove off.

watched but remained seated in his

ended that Zachary and Matthias left

snacks earlier in the day. By the time the banquet started, she had only picked at a few bites of food before heading upstairs to play

most of the guests had left, Celeste finally went upstairs to look

in, she took off her headphones. “Mom,

what Trevor had said before leaving, Celeste added, “Your dad said he’s picking you up tonight.

she’d get to play with Wynn tomorrow once she got back,

A moment later, she

then said, “Pack up your things. ll take you downstairs to wait for

pack. After all, most of the time, Celeste was the one who‘ helped her

seeing that her mom didn’t seem to be in a good

was almost time, Celeste

held onto Celeste’s hand

Celeste looked down. “Hmm?”

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as much lately.” She had already noticed that her mom no longer called her

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