Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
Ava rolled her eyes-somerhing she seemed to do a lot of when her brother was around. “You are only here for our protection, Aiden.” She pushed him toward his room. “Everything else is on a need-to-know-basis, and you don’t need to know this.”
“Trust your sister,” I added. “The less you know about this, the safer you are.”
Aiden Jooked between his sister and me. “What kind of shady stuff are you guys involved in?”
“Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies, brother,” Ava answered.
Once he was in his room, Ava shut the door with a smile on her face.
“Fine, but I want another five dollars!” he shouted through the door.
“I’ll give you ten!” Ava yelled as she walked back to me near the window.
Aiden’s reply was muffled from behind the door. “Sweet!”
I giggled.
“So, were you able to find the address of Russell’s old friend
$1400 who might have more information about where his remains are buried?” I whispered in case Aiden was still listening.
“Of course I did,” she said. “With my connections, it was a piece of cake, I’m hoping to meet her after we have dinner.”
I nodded, “Good idea. If she doesn’t know about where Russell is buried, then we should see if she knows anything about Chloe,”
“Yes, I agree, Celeste told me that in a session that I had missed with Chloe’s mom she had revealed that she thinks she needed to head east in order to find the remains and burn them, releasing the boy’s spirit so he would quit haunting their family,” Ava said,
I put my hands behind my back as I paced back and forth. “Right, so that confirms that we are in the right place. Luceland is east of New York. Chloe’s drunken confession to Ethan’s mom has to be accurate.”
When Ava nodded, I continued. “So, the way I see it, we have two options here. We can either find Russell’s old friend named in the police report and somehow convince her to team up against Chloe. The only problem is that she might not want to because she might have been friends with Chloe in the past, just like she was with Russell. It’s a good chance that they were all in the same friend group.”
“Damn it,” Ava said and shook her head. “I hadn’t even thought of that.”
“Right, but it’s definitely worth a try,” I said. “Hopefully Russell’s old friend could give us some clue as to where his body is buried.”
“Well, our second plan is all thanks to Celeste,” Ava said with a wicked glint in her eye. “Yesterday, she and I convinced Mrs. Windsor to bring Chloe to the spot where they had buried Russell to burn his remains and release the spirit. Then, we can follow them and wait for them to reveal evidence that we can use against Chloe. We will record them digging up that poor boy’ s body, then call the police. While we wait for the cops to come, we will immediately upload the video to the internet so that there isn’t any way that the Windsor family can use their money or connections to get Chloe out of trouble this time. The public will be demanding for Chloe to be arrested.”
I crossed my arms. “I like that plan, but we don’t know when Mrs. Windsor is going to bring Chloe. We only have this weekend, and then we both have to be back at work,” 1 pointed out.
Ava sighed. “You’re right.”
“But I think both plans are worth a shot. We are just going to have to see what works out better at the moment.”
“Oh, definitely,” she agreed.
We shared a warm smile, and I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to have my best friend with me on this investigation.
Once we were done finalizing Plan A and Plan B, we told Aiden he could come out and told him the basics of the plan. It was the bare minimum for him to know. Ava and I didn’t want to take any more risks with his safety than we already were by simply bringing him along.
When the sun began to set, our stomachs were growling, so we headed down to the hotel’s restaurant for dinner. But right before we walked into the elevator, Ava clutched her stomach.
“Ow, damn it,” she groaned as her face turned white. “I knew I shouldn’t have chugged that iced coffee we had gotten from that sketchy drive-thru.” She waved Aiden and me into the elevator. “You guys go to dinner without me. I’m not feeling well.”
Having gone through the same sickness myself just recently, I put my hand on her shoulder. “Ava, I can stay with you. Aiden and I can order room service.”
But Ava shook her head, “No, I want to be alone right now.”
Then, she ran back down the hallway,
I stepped forward to go after her, but once I thought about it more, I paused. It was better to respect her wishes and give her space.
“I hope Ava will be alright,” I said as Aiden and I rode the elevator down.
“Me too,” he agreed, “She actually doesn’t get sick very often.”
That just made me worry even more about my best friend.
In the fancy restaurant, we were sat at a candle-lit table. Before I even opened my menu, I used my phone to order medicine for Ava to be delivered to the hotel. After that was done, I felt a little bit better about eating without her.
Aiden’s eyes widened when he looked down at his sleek black menu. “Woah! One hundred dollars for a steak? I can’t afford to eat here.” He glanced at me. “I was just being my sister’s bag boy for ten dollars.”
A giggle burst out of me. “Don’t worry, Aiden. This dinner is my treat because you dropped everything to come with us.” I reached over and touched his hand, smiling at him with gratitude.
Of course, at that moment, Alexander, Richard, and Gai walked by our table.
When Richard saw me, his eyes brightened, and he stepped forward to say hello, but Gai grabbed his arm to stop him.
Alexander’s gaze zeroed in on my hand on Aiden’s. His eyes darkened as he met my gaze, and large veins in his neck started to bulge.
The same hostess that showed us to our table sat them in the table directly behind us.
Great.
I couldn’t help but notice Alexander glaring at Aiden as he handed me a cool glass of water.
Swallowing, I shifted in my seat and tried to tear my eyes away from Alexander.
“The college boy seems to be making Olivia very happy,” Richard whispered to Gai, but it was still loud enough that I could hear.
A warm flush spread across my body.
“He’s very cute, isn’t he?” Gai whispered.
Alexander could hear them too, and his frown deepened. He tapped Richard with his menu and nodded at the server standing at their table. “Order your drink, Richard.”
At this point, I was over the drama, and I just wanted to have a nice dinner.
I grabbed my water glass, but then almost dropped it when I saw who was walking with purpose across the restaurant.
Naomi Wright looked like a model in a red dress and black heels as she made a beeline for Alexander’s table. Her same friend from the elevator was trailing after her looking like she had just sucked on a lemon.
“Good evening, Mr. Green,” Naomi said when she was standing right in front of Alexander.
*Olivia*
I averted my eyes away from Naomi and told myself that this was none of my business. All I wanted to do was enjoy my dinner and be good company for Ava’s brother, who had given up part of his spring break to help keep us safe on this trip.
But even though I wasn’t watching Alexander and Naomi, that didn’t mean I still couldn’t hear them.
“Hello, Ms. Wright,” Alexander said so coldly that I couldn’t help but look up. “I’ll have a bottle of your 1995 Chardonnay, please.”
I let out a quiet gasp. The last part Alexander had said to the waiter. I couldn’t believe how dismissive Alexander was to a woman who had been kind and gentle during their first date. And hadn’t he traveled all this way to spend time with Naomi? It didn’t make sense that he was treating her with such cold indifference.
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