Dorothy paused for a few seconds, her nod stiff and awkward. "Yeah, you surely know what's best for you." "That's right, Dorothy! After all, if I became a stepmom, I'd be the fairy tale kind of stepmother!" Dorothy watched as Karen forced a smile, entertaining herself with the joke. But it wasn't funny. Not one bit.

What they didn't realize was that Jeffrey hadn't left all night.

He had stood at the doorstep of Karen's apartment, exhausted, eventually sitting on the steps, leaning against the wall.

It felt like only by being there, he could be a little closer to her.

Anyway, it was better than going back to that cold mansion.

Come early morning, just as Jeffrey had barely closed his eyes, he sensed someone looming over him! He jolted awake, looking up to see the figure.

"Everett! You—" Everett, with his thick eyebrows furrowed, bent down to shush him.

a low voice, "Come downstairs." "Oh." Jeffrey got up from the step,

towering figures, one after another, descended the stairs; both strikingly

and the neighborhood was quiet.

attention, Everett had deliberately taken Kevin's

had shared his situation with Jeffrey, so the latter thought Everett

glanced at him through the rear-view mirror, "Not as

in

her go." Everett said nothing, and just peered

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