Page 109 of Conquering Conner

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“Janice Horne had been dealt with and so has her son.” She brushes her hair over her shoulder and smiles. “Everything is going to go on, according to plan.”

I look down at the ring Conner put on my finger this morning.

Not his ring.

Jeremy’s.

Don’t worry. You got what you came for and, in a few weeks, you’ll get to go home.

You can pretend I never happened.

I don’t want to.

I want to stay.

But I can’t leave Jeremy and Gregg to clean up my mess. My mother is my responsibility.

My mother gives me a rare, approving smile.

I don’t have to tell her she’s won.

She already knows.

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