“And that’s why you’ll have to choose your words wisely when talking to me in the future. For the sake of Grandma, I’ll remind you one more time that Lucas isn’t as easy to fool as you think. Often, you’ll end up with nothing when you get too greedy.”

After she had issued her final warning, Serenity paid for her own coffee and left the cafe.

Lynette remained seated in the same position. She wanted to take a sip of coffee to calm her nerves, but even that simple task became impossible because of her uncontrollable trembling.

What should she do? Serenity’s memories had returned! If she ever spoke to Lucas about it…

No, that must never happen! She had to find a way to convince Lucas that Serenity was lying even if she told him the truth.

Somehow… she had to find a way out of this!

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After Serenity had left the cafe, she took a bus ride to the neighborhood where Mrs. Wells and Yanny were staying. When she arrived, she found that Clara was also present and that they were busy packing