The ride to the Raven estate felt like hours… endlessly long and eerily quiet. Cathie kept her distance from him, her eyes constantly fixed on the side-view mirror, staring at the city as it blurred past in a hazy stream of lights and shadows. But her mind was elsewhere.
Her entire consciousness had drifted to one single thought.
The kind of event they had been invited to.
Were they truly invited by this family?
Cathie felt overwhelmed, the joy slowly building inside her chest. Soon… she would find out for herself.
From the driver's seat, Rose glanced at her through the rear-view mirror. Seeing the way her boss looked both nervous and excited, she couldn’t help but shake her head and chuckle softly.
“Well… we’ve arrived, ma’am,” Rose said calmly. “This should be the location.”
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