CHAPTER HUNDRED & TWELVE

Kayla had no words for Lei, and Lei did not seem to have any words for her either. They drove all the way to the house in terse silence.

Soon her assistant was pulling the car to a halt in front of the house.

"Here we are, ma'am." Lei said.

She left the vehicle running and it rumbled quietly.

Kayla considered telling the woman to go to hell and never show her face at her house again, but there was a tugging in her chest that pulled her towards Lei. Yes, the woman was her aide and assistant, her bodyguard and confidant. But at the same time, she was her friend.

Lei had grown up with her and had watched her cry, lash out out her brothers, feel joy in all its brightnesses, grieve in silence, grieve loudly, loathe, love. So many things, infact, and that’s why now as she stood, she ran her finger across her silver ring and let herself think.

"Your mother," she said finally. "Is she safe?"

The question seemed to stun her assistant into reticence. She gripped the wheel, her shoulders hunc
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