Chapter 267 “No,” Hayden responded calmly. 

“Really?” Avery checked with her son repeatedly.

“No,” Hayden repeated without a trace of emotion on his face.

Avery could only call the quits. If they did not take it and she continued to ask them about it, the children might think that she did not trust them. 

Hayden took Layla’s hand and led her back to their bedroom to store their school bags.

Once they were inside the room, Layla whispered, “Hayden, why are we lying? We shouldn’t lie to Mom.”

Layla had only managed to keep it a secret because Avery was not aware; but now that she was asking her about it, Layla did not dare lie. 

“Elliot must be going nuts now that he realizes the box is gone,” said Hayden coldly. “If we return it now, he will just blame us for taking it. We are not returning it. Let him worry.” 

dad and her brother, she would definitely side with her brother.

kept the box under his bed, but they had moved it. They buried it under a tree in the yard two days ago. They had done it as Hayden had discovered

a good thing that they did, or the box would have

that he dies?” Layla was still concerned. “He is

bad people don‘t die that easily.”

Layla

Elliot a message that read, (I asked the kids, and they said they didn’t take

he was resting, but he replied

reply that asked, (You

he did not know how to. It had been thirty-six hours since he had last closed his

weakening

the content of the box? I will lose money, and friends will leave me… as for a lover… I no longer have one. I have earned

for the worst outcome, Elliot slowly began to relax and drifted off to

days had gone by, and she had gotten

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