Chapter 24
24: Security footage
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After talking to M, I freshen myself up and go to the kitchen to eat something. I am feeling ravenous.
“Good thing you are awake,” Uncle Orin says while preparing scramble eggs with beans for me. When he hands me the plate, I cannot help but ask him, “When Was the last time you took a leave.”
He laughs and says, “Well I went to attend my son’s wedding six months ago.”
He looks hesitant for a moment then says, “I probably have no right… but I hope you find someone who is right for you…”
He adds in a low voice. “That boy.. I never liked him.”
I know he is talking about Caleb.
Now that he is getting married to Nikkie, saying these words out loud can get him fired in a heartbeat. It doesn’t matter that he gave this family 20 years. He is still dispensable. I give him a tight smile while leaning on the counter.
I stuff a mouthful of scramble eggs in my mouth to smother the uncomfortable silence.
After a while, I glance outside the kitchen door then ask him, “
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