Chapter 1223

"What's going on?" Baxter pulled Chantelle down to sit. "I told you to come back, but I didn't tell you to come back with him." Chantelle looked at him, confused. "Didn't you mean for us to come back together?" "Of course not," Baxter immediately replied. "I meant—" Before he could finish, it occurred to him that Terence had rejected Chantelle's request to come back. So, he decided not to explain further. "What excuse did he give you to not come back?" Instead of answering, Chantelle asked, "Dad, has the company been busy lately?" "Not at all. He works normal hours every day with no overtime." But Terence had been getting up in the middle of the night frequently. Then, he would stay outside for a long time before returning smelling faintly of smoke. Had he just been getting up to smoke? Chantelle didn't believe it. She had thought he was getting up to deal with work in the middle of the night and smoking just to stay alert. But getting up just to smoke? That was impossible. Ter