Chapter 15

I left the country and rented a small place overseas. I kept tabs on things back home, getting occasional updates from my friend. On the second day after I left, Charles flew into a rage. He tore through all of Grouchester, searching for a woman named "Shayla Moore". It wasn't hard to guess that Lilith had told Charles she caught me cheating with Horace, and I got so scared that I ran away in the night. On the third day after I left, Lilith still hadn't made up with Charles. The Bowman family cut off all cooperation with the Moore family. Besides, Charles took out his anger on Horace. My friend told me Horace was so mad that he went looking for Charles several times, but Charles refused to see him. I didn't care what happened to Horace. It had nothing to do with me. Anyway, Horace liked Lilith. If he had to take the blame for her, I figured he'd be happy to do it. On the seventh day after I left, my friend called me. "Shay, Charles suddenly disappeared. He probably found out w