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I stood outside the hospital, staring at my phone and rereading the message that had arrived ten minutes ago, unable to believe what I was seeing.
[Your debt has been cleared. You owe the clubhouse nothing, so you're free now.]
It was a message from Madame Lior.
I gulped as I stared at it.
“What changed? How did my debt get cleared so easily? She sent me a threatening message yesterday, and now my debt is gone?”
I tightened my grip on the phone.
Could she be up to something? Maybe she wanted me to lower my guard.
That was the only explanation that made sense.
I closed my eyes and exhaled slowly.
“I'll have to find out what's really going on myself.”
But first, I needed to get home.
The doctor had assured me that Grandpa was fine and there was nothing to worry about. I jus
