“Burn those who burned me!”

bChapter /bb82 /b

i“/iiMake /iisure you /iiboth /iie /iihome/ii./ii” /i

That final word pierced ra’s heart with warmth. Finally, she could bfeel /bat home.

After saying their final goodbyes, ra and Gloria headed to their new condo.

i“/iiWhoo/ii–/iihoo/i!!! ira /iiare /iiyou /iiready/ii! /iiThe new /iiadventure /iistarts /iinow /iimama/ii! /iiYou’re /iifinally /iian /iiadult/ibi, /i/biAND /iiwe /iigotta /iinew /iimystery man /iion /iiour /iihands/ii./i”

ra slightly blushed. She hadn’t heard from her mystery benefactor since the day of her flight, but she did hear from her friend Christine about some of what happened at the g. She and Gloria had a good timeughing at that, but because Christine didn’t attend the g, she wasn’t sure who the mystery person was.

i“/iI’m imeeting /iiup /iiwith /iiTerra in /iia /iifew weeks /iso I ishould have /iithe full /iistory/i.”

That was the day after the g, ra knew she would be hearing from them soon.

The movers finished unpacking the condo swiftly leaving the girls time to unwind. While rxing in their new living room, there was a sudden knock on the door.

“I’ll iget /iiit/ii./i”

Gloria popped up before ra could move.

i“/iiEhhh/i!!!! iCasey/i!!!”

Casey picked Gloria up and hugged her tight, nting a soft kiss on her blips/bb, /bbshe /bbbeamed /bbrightly.

i“/iHey ibaby/ii, /iidid /iyou miss mei?/i”

i“/ibiDid /i/bI bimiss /i/bbiyou/i/bi? /ibiYes/i/b!”

bCasey /bbughed /bblightly /bbas /bbhe /bbmade /bbhis /bway into the condo. Looking around bbefore /bbspotting /bbra/b.

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“iThis /iis ireally nice/ii! /iiNow /iI’m isad /iiI /iigotta /iilive /iiin /iithe dorms/ii./ibi” /i/b

Looking around, his eyes finally spotted ra.

i“/iire/ii–/iibear/ii!/ii” /i

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Casey bear hugged ra spinning her in a circle. She couldn’t help butughb, /bCasey was every bit a big brother.

i“/iiHey/ii! /iid /iiyou’re /iihere/ii!/ii” /i

Gloria interjected.

i“/iiMe /iitoo/i! iI’m /iistarving/i!”

Both ra and Caseyughed out loud.

“iYou /iigot /iia /iipoint/ii, /iiI’m /iia /iilittle /iihungry /iitoo/i. iY’all /iiwant /iisome /iipizza/ii; /iimy /iitreat/ii./ii” /i

Gloria instantly perked up.

“iOh/i! iI /iiknow /iia /iigreat /iipizza /iice /iinot /iifar /iifrom /iihere/ii, /iilet’s /iigo/ii!/ii” /i

Gloria took everyone to Pizza Pce. After making their order, the three of them sat at a booth catching up. Casey showed the girls pictures from his family vacation.

“iOMG/ii! /iiIt /ilooks like ieveryone /iihad /iso imuch /iifun/i!”

Gloria gushed as she scrolled through the pictures.

i“/iiYeah/i, imy /iimom /isaid next vacation iyou /igottaei./i”

Gloria blushed. She and Casey’s mom bonded over Christmas vacation. Casey suddenly looked at ra with a mischievous smile,

“bSo/b, bI /biheard /iiwhat /ihappened at iyour /istep–sister’s little gi./ii” /i

ra bughed /bbas /bbshe /bstuffed fries in her mouth.

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i“/iiYup/i, iapparently /iisomebody /iimade /iithem /iilook /iivery /iifoolish/i.”

Casey looked at ra with a puzzled expression.

i“/iiSomebody/i? iYou /iimean/ii, /iiyou /iidon’t /iiknow/ii?/ibi” /i/b

Both Gloria and ra looked confused. fn427d Chapters first released on f?ndnovel/fn427d

i“/iiKnow /iiwhat/ii?/i”

Gloria asked as she sprinkled garlic on her pizza.

i“/iiIt /iiwas /iiEthan /iiTaylor/ii./ii” /i

biWHAT/i/bi!!!!!! /i

ra could hardly believe her ears. ETHAN TAYLOR! Why?

“iI /iidon’t /iiunderstand/i. iAre /iiyou /iisaying Ethan /iiTaylor ruined /iimy /iisister’s /iig/ii? /iiWhy/ii?/ii” /i

“iWell/ii, /iibecause /iiof /iiyou/ii./ii” /i

ra and Gloria’s eyes bulged. Gloria practically choked on her soda.

“iWait/ii! /iiEthan Taylor /iiknows /iira/i. ira /iiyou /iiknow /iihim/i?”

“iWhat/ii! /iNo! I ihave /iino /iidea what’s goin on iright /inow. iCasey/i, are iyou /isure?”

Casey wiped his hands and reached for his phone, Pulling up a video, he widened bhis /bscreen so both girls could. It was video from the g. The scene was when Ethan confronted the Grangers.

ra could hardly believe what bshe /bwas seeingb, /bthere was Ethan Taylor, bconfronting /bbher /bfather on her behalf. But the most shocking part came next. The phone call. ra blooked /bbon /bin shock bas /bshe remembered that exact conversation. Suddenly, Gloria bspoke /bbup. /b

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“Oh, imy /iigosh/ii. /iiSo/ii, /iiEthan /iiTaylor /iiwas /iithe /iimysterious /iibenefactor/ibi?/i/bbi” /i/b

ra waspletely bbergasted.

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