PUZZLE PIECE 31
MORE CHOCOLATE MISCHIEF
It’s our turn to try,
What happens next, I’m unsure,
The chocolates boast,
One sick, one chokes, oops, boo hoo!
More and more nonsense to come!
Ryder didn’t budge. He had no intention of leaving as I’d asked him to, and Jade didn’t either, stuck with an impossible situation, I had no choice but to continue the magical chocolate game to see where it would lead us. I wondered if darker, more threatening revelations would follow.
Gesturing at my mum’s broken ornament I said, “You better clear up this mess and pay for a new one, Ryder, and if you do anything to harm Esme ever again, I won’t think twice about letting you choke.”
Everyone ignored my mention of Esme. Ryder kicked the broken pieces at his feet and scowled. Jade went off to the kitch
