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While Sulli is checking on a drunk Audrey Cobalt, I’ the perimeter of the Cobalt Estate with Akara We walk down the driveway, ensuring no one is in the bushes or behind tulip trees All the cars are gone Akara already called Rose and Connor, and they’re headed hoement in Center City

They thanked us for keeping the party crashers out of thethe backyard Epsilon has been called in to inspect the perimeter with us, but we all know this is a win for Akara’s security firm

After Akara updated SFO about the high school party, Oscar spoke on comms, “Kitsuwon Securities 2 – Triple Shield 3”

“Moving on up, boys,” Farrow chimed in

Except Akara hasn’t unleashed e found on Orion’s collar yet It’s hard to believe the Royal Leaks could be over tonight

Feels good to be headed there

Feels like hell knowing it took us this long “Hoe miss this?” I ask him quietly while we check behind a rose bush Just a handle of vodka here and a shoe Someone took off without their Nike

Akara shakes his head “It had to have been a cat sitter That’s the only person ould’ve had access to the animals”

“Grandmother Calloway?” I theorize

“She avoids the pets like the fudging plague”

I furrow my brows “What motive would a cat sitter have?” Seems unlikely they’d really want to harm the families’ stocks and businesses

“We still have to figure that out,” Akara says, texting quickly on his phone He’s either contacting Connor Cobalt or Price Probably both

Whata Plan B run If that hadn’t happened, if she hadn’t gone outside even with the potential threat of paparazzi—there’d be no leak and we never would’ve found the device on Orion’s collar

“She saved us,” I tell Akara what I’

He slipsdick saved us”

I let out a laugh

“And she did too,” Akara adds with a smile, but we’ve fallen quiet fast as his phone buzzes He checks the text “Jack is asking about his little brother” Jesse

“What was Jesse Highland even doing here? I thought he’d be in California”

“Froathered, Ben heard Jesse was in town and invited him to the party Ben is friendly with everyone” Akara scopes out another bush “Jack said that Jesse skipped school and flew out to Philly to come help him with post-production for Suddenly Famous”

The docuseries about Oscar and JackI don’t pay too et in my way

I nod a few ti school, huh?”

Akara save him an earful about it”

I surprise myself as I say, “The only person I probably would’ve skipped school for isbrother too” Skylar