ISLA
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I’d left for school around seven in the morning, but since my second lecture got canceled, I was back home as early as eleven in the morning.
The house was unusually quiet when I got home. It was even quieter than it was in the morning. The air was tense as though everyone was holding their breath.
The guards stationed around looked stiff, eyes fixed straight ahead. It made me wonder if something bad had happened in the three hours I’d been gone.
I got my answer a few seconds later.
The door was closed but Lorenzo’s voice echoed from inside. “Who the hell authorized that drop?”
I opened the door to the house, pausing when I caught sight of him in the living room, facing a few of his men.
“I-I thought you said–“ the guilty one looked like he wanted to disappear into thin ai
