When the Dead Still Call novel Chapter 127

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Gianna wasn’t about to admit she had anything to do with it, so she shoved all the blame onto Zoe.

“What? Gianna, you were involved?” Maxwell’s voice was full of shock.

His eyes went wide, and he froze like he’d been hit by lightning.

Just a few minutes ago, he’d been backing her up, even scolding Amelia for her.

Now, it felt like he’d been slapped in the face.

“No, not me! Zoe was jealous of Amelia and told me all about it. I didn’t agree. I even tried to stop her, but she wouldn’t listen. What else could I do?”

Luckily for Gianna, she’d planned it–nudging Zoe to do the dirty work while she stayed clean.

Now that Zoe was being questioned, Gianna acted completely innocent.

Zoe panicked as everything blew up. With Maxwell staring daggers at her, she wanted to explain herself, but he cut her off with a harsh tone.

“Zoe, what’s wrong with you?! Don’t drag Gianna into this just because you’re jealous. Stay away from her!”

“I-” Zoe tried to speak, but nothing came out.

“Maxwell, don’t be too hard on her. She just got carried away. She didn’t mean it,” Gianna jumped in, pretending to be the peacemaker.

“Don’t bother defending her. People like that are trouble. You should stay away from her!”

Maxwell immediately believed Gianna and turned back to Zoe. “Stay away from Gianna. Got it?”

No way he’d let those scheming girls get close to Gianna. Otherwise, she’d get dragged down for

sure.

Zoe wanted to argue, but she knew it wouldn’t matter.

No one would believe her, and she didn’t want to make a fool of herself.

Maxwell was crazy. Staying away from a guy obsessed with his sister was the safest move, or she’d just get herself into more trouble.

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She’d even had a tiny crush on him before, but that was completely gone now.

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Amelia, standing off to the side, had seen everything and was pretty pleased with how it played

out.

She smiled at Zoe. “Forget it. Since we’ve always kept our distance, and you got pulled into this, I’ll let it slide. But from now on, pay attention–learn to see people for who they truly are.”

Zoe caught the meaning right away.

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Finally, it was just the two of them. Patience felt completely at ease.

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Their team had not only made a name at the contest but had also totally shut down Gianna and Maxwell. It felt amazing.

“How did you know that idiot would fall for it?” Patience asked.

They didn’t even have proof. Even though they knew Gianna and Zoe had messed up the dress, it happened in a blind spot–no evidence anywhere.

“If she keeps messing around, she’s bound to get caught. Gianna has done so much shady stuff, so she’s basically rotten inside. She was going to slip up sooner or later,” Amelia said calmly, with a hint of sarcasm.

After all, the cameras had caught Gianna trying to push Amelia off a cliff.

So, Amelia wasn’t shocked by what happened.

She just wanted to show the naive Zoe the ugly truth hiding behind those “perfect” siblings.

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