Song Rec': The Night We Met (instrumental) — KPH.
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"What do you want to know?" she asked.
I grinned. I wanted to learn everything about her family, but to avoid raising any suspicions, I limited my questions to her childish boyfriend.
"Is that guy really Reese's father?" I asked, checking for the flour I had asked the housekeeper to buy last night. I found it in a cabinet and looked for a bowl to make batter for pancakes while Elspeth seemed lost in thought, probably rummaging through her past.
"Yes, he is." She sighed, her tone heavy with regret. "I met him in secondary school. He was the new student and the most attractive guy in my class—"
I let out a laugh. "Wait… how ugly were the rest of your classmates if he was the best in terms of looks?"