Chapter 48
Ava
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I’D WANTED TO ask Tarot about Jayce, but the words wouldn’t leave my lips. I figured if he’d wanted to stay in touch, he would have called me by now anyway. Obviously, he had nothing more to say.
With Jayce still on my mind, I called Dwayne’s Aunt Bea, who was happy to hear from me. I made arrangements to get the key for his place and promised to get started on getting it ready to sell.
“Thank you again,” she said, before we hung up. “It’s just too much work for me. If you’d like to hire cleaners, feel free. I’ll pay for it, of course.”
“I might take you up on the offer, depending on what needs to be done,” I replied.
“I would still prefer to split the proceeds on the sale with you,” she said.
“We can talk about it later.” I didn’t need the money and felt we
