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.” 

Okay!” agreed Layla. Between their dirtbag dad and her brother, she would definitely side with

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 the contents of

that they did, or the box would have

if Elliot worries so much that he dies?” Layla was still

worry, bad people don‘t die that

Layla

Elliot a message that read, (I asked the kids, and

but he

a reply that asked, (You still haven‘t gone to sleep?).

not know how to. It had been thirty-six

weakening

he thought to himself, “So what if someone goes public with 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 more

worst outcome, Elliot slowly began to relax and drifted

three days had gone by, and she had gotten nothing in

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