The Kiss that Sparked it All

The speaker blared, and a stern voice of a police officer came through

“Ellinor, someone found your wallet and phone this afternoon, and they used your ID to check into a hotel. Can you swing by the police station to confirm these are your things and to see if anything else is missing?”

Ellinor responded politely. “Sure, got it, thanks, sir!”

“No worries”

After hanging up. Ellinor looked at Veronica calmly, “That’s it? Getting my lost stuff back is a scandal now? Veronica, you thought the police were reaching out to me for a huge issue?”

Veronica was speechless

This was not what she expected!

The police contacted Ellinor just because she lost something?

“Ellinor, glad you’re good, so glad! You did give me a fright!” Marissa let out a sigh of relief.

her head, looking at her trouble finding granddaughter with annoyance, “Veronica, what’s wrong with you recently, always making a mountain out of a molehill Stop shooting your mouth

talking nonsense! Even Collin found out Ellinor was at the hotel today! And the woman in the news video

same as the woman in the video, but she remained calm and unflustered, ‘My clothes aren’t some limited edition or anything. It’s not unusual

guilty as charged? You checked into the hotel, and you’re dressed just like the woman in the video. What a coincidence, huh? How do you explain

I lost my wallet, ID,

you’re blatantly

explanation might fool grandma, but not

take Ellinor to the hotel this afternoon, how

to that hotel? Did you see it with

faltered, “I Why would

see it, but she couldn’t confess, or she would

stubborn! Don’t mind her. I’ll give her a

tough for the old lady. She gave Veronica a disappointed smack, “Veronica, you’re in the

naturally didn’t want to apologize, but things were going beyond her

Ellinor, Veronica had no choice but to heed her grandma’s words,