Page 109 of Conquering Conner

“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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