Chapter 114

DREXON Since I made the deal with Tema, she has been bringing recordings of my mom's and Mlajore's conversations, but most times they just talked about nothing important. It was almost as if Tema was double-crossing me, but I had no evidence of it, and even worse, I could not do anything about it. This was the first time that it highlighted their argument, even though the recording in itself had nothing to hold onto. They were clearly arguing, but all the voices were muffled, and I could barely piece together what they were saying. "What is this?" I ask, yanking off the earpiece and setting it on the coffee table that separated us. Tema took a knowing smile and then leaned in to sip out of the cup of tea she was holding. "Recordings of Mother and Maljore as promised," she said, swirling the cup in her hand gently. "I don't understand why you'd ask me that when you can clearly hear it." "But nothing in here is clear, almost as if it were covered intentionally with clothes." She looks at