His New Stepsister. His Biggest Threat. novel · Chapter 23 of 32
Chapter 23: Off the Show
I sat on my kitchen floor with the phone in my lap until the screen went dark.
Then I called my mother.
It rang once and went to voicemail.
I called again.
Voicemail.
The third time a recording told me the number wasn't accepting calls.
She'd blocked me.
I went downstairs because I didn't know what else to do with my body.
Marva was at the bar with her coffee and the legal pad, and she took one look at my face and put the pen down.
"Tell me," she said.
So I told her.
The chain purse. The hug. "You were always the smart one."
Marva didn't say anything for a long time.
Then she got up, walked to the door, and flipped the sign to CLOSED.
"We open at four today," she said. "I need to sit with this."
At two the show put out a statement.
Two sentences, on every entertainment site at once.
The challenger in Saturday's Champions' Rematch has been removed for a violation of contestant rules. A replacement will be announced.
By three somebody had the audio.
Not the whole thing. Just my voice, clear as a bell.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of His New Stepsister. His Biggest Threat. are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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