Puppy Love – Chapter 35

~Josephine~

I did not need to know why Justin didn’t pair me up with Liam, he wanted us actually doing our job, so I couldn’t complain.

“So, where do we start?” I asked Justin, and he looked around. Liam and Charlotte had entered the house closest to Brighton’s mansion, and technically, that was the house that mattered the most because they would have seen something.

and Justin chuckled.

ed at the house on the bend.

“We will be taking that one,” he added, and I fro

ar from the Brightons”, I complained.

g in that house could see what transpired at the gate of the Brigh

a reason, so there was no point shutting it down.

use of the van that

from the scene, it doesn’t change that they might have seen something,” He said, and I understood his view.

squealed, knowing we were the only ones looking into what might have caused the car to blow up since everyone seemed to be questioning neighbours

was the right time to talk to him about Liam and me. I could

now I wasn’t bothered.

he was attentive.

want you to know that mentioning Sophia doesn’t bother me. Liam and I have crossed that bridge, and I trust him completely. I know they are good friends, and he might have had feelings for her in the past, but what he feels for me is sincere. I can see it. No amount of Sophia Jokes from the others can crush that, and talking about her will not affect me in any way. I want her and her mother found. It is unfair she got caught in a mess she knew nothing of. The least we can do as leaders is to ensure t

knew?” I as

ant to see you two that way again.

The fire between you two is young; keeping Sophia out of it is important to keep the fire burning. It might not bother you, but it is a way of respecting Liam and you. Besides, the jokes were getting old. Noah and the others have to look for something else to tease Liam with,” he said, and I understood his point, which made me laugh.

pair you two together,” he added, and I wondered where that came from.

t you aren’t happy with the team you were placed in.” He said and halted in his tracks.

nued walking.

or had just popped up.

we would have to make do.

d, so we had easy access.

ome.

ll for almost three minut

terrupted her sleep. I didn’t have to overthink it because there was drool on the corner of her lips.

d out who we were, she became scared. Most people were like that around us. They feared the Volkovs and Stapanovs alike, especially royalty.

bowed to greet us. I hated it when people did that, but I guess it was unavoidable.

ike she was from the South.

nodding.

xed.

are here to ask you some questions about the van and house that bu

e in,” Chloe said. As much as I hated entering str

ing room.

it an exquisite look.

went to the kitchen section to make herself

d us some, which we declin

e colour of her hair and the traces of wrinkles on her face, but time had been easy on her if that was the case because she was still agile and pretty.

grandmother, Leah.” Choe sai

hem.

be fun to tease

her.

e because I saw it all,” the old woman ar

d.

in to her grandma, who was her ancestor, really.

t, and we had just brought it to her.

” the woman said, and I smil

mething hit that van coming from down the street. It hit it twice, and I saw it. I looked in the direction the hits came from and saw two hefty men close the trunk of their

” the woman complained, and I looked at Chloe.

ecause no one asked if we had seen anything. I felt it was odd,” Chloe said in

ens, the least the authorities could do was ask around, but we were shooed away. They just wanted us to get back into our house. Because certain things about the fire did not add up, there was indeed a need for an investigation; they just told us to get back in.

he said and looked at her ancestor, Leah.

t. She didn’t think Chloe would tell us what she saw.

ing them questions about their neighbours and the oddities on the

m for their time and opted to leave.

stin and I got talking.

ng,” Justin informed me, and we headed towards the van.

n Liam’s team, the others didn’t look excited. It was clear they did not le

seat.

snuggled close to him in our usual spot.

the house, causing the house fire,” Liam said, and I gasped because I now knew what the people in the Ski masks were

doing.

?” I asked, beating Justi

he trajectory is

. I guess the first attempt hit the house, then the second attempt hit its target, Liam said.

before they met their demise,”

, and it all made s

rue perpetrators of the crime,” I said, and Charlotte frowned. I explained to everyone what Justin and I had learned, and Noah grinned.

it. I knew something fishy was going on.

t house. I figured they wanted the van to burn down,” Noah said, and it was sad that we could not trust the authorities.

and Charlotte was grinning at the mention of her mother’s name.