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“When we go to New Hampshire next week for Thanksgiving, I’m sure my mother is going to ask a million questions too. But it’s the truth. Everything is staying the same.”

“It will work out the way it will,” Daisy said.

The timer went off in the oven. “I’ve got them,” Theo said. “I’ll put the last tray in too. Can I get anyone a drink?”

They’d moved into the family room after Heather and Luke had taken their jackets off and were just relaxing back there.

“I’m fine,” Luke said.

“Me too,” Heather said. “Zane talked to Luke this morning about Ivy and Dahlia’s break in.”

“Did they find anything out?” she asked.

“Zane called a few people he knew. I guess there have been a lot of break-ins lately in the area and that is what they think it is. It’s just an ongoing investigation with not a lot of leads.”

“Really?” she asked. “I hope they catch the person.”

“I’ll see if they’ve got anything when I go into work too. I believe the investigators in my office were on the scene. From what Zane said, most times the house is just trashed or tossed. Like they are looking for hidden money or jewelry.”

“I just don’t understand,” she said. “It’s not like Ivy and Daisy live in an expensive area. How much money and jewelry do they think people would have in rented apartments?”

“I thought that too,” Heather said.

“Higher end homes would have security systems,” Theo said. “Like those around me.”

“Exactly,” Luke said. “They are hitting homes that don’t have them. Or don’t have doorbell cameras. Which of course a lot of people do. But so far, Zane said nothing is on camera.”

“I’m just glad no one got hurt,” Theo said.

“Me too,” she said. “But I’m sure Ivy is freaked out. I’d be.”

“You have a lot of security in your condo,” Luke said.

“We do. That’s a good thing.”

“We’ll be fine,” Heather said. “Maybe Luke can teach us how to shoot.”

“I don’t think so,” Luke said.

“No,” Theo said. The thought of Daisy with a gun in her hand didn’t sit well with him.

She turned and lifted an eyebrow at him. “Really?”

“Listen. I’m not trying to tell you what to do.”

“It sounded it to me,” she said. She was smirking and playing with him, he could see.

“Daisy doesn’t like guns that much,” Heather said.

“He knows that,” Daisy said. “That is why he said it, right?”

He caught the grin and the warning. “Yeah,” he said. “That’s why I said it.”

“Good answer, Theo,” she said, moving toward him. “But I appreciate the concern just the same.”

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Past Those Flaws

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