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Chapter Fourteen - Marcus Makes New Friends
Margaret Smithfield pushed open a rickety old door and ushered him inside. Marcus noticed a tiny room where three children were sitting on a bed and studying. A scared Cara peered out of the tiny kitchen at the corner and her eyes widened with horror seeing none other than Marcus Donnelly there at her doorstep. She hadn’t expected him to come all the way here after everything that happened. When Aunt Maggie had informed her of his presence she had expected him to leave when she refused to meet him but he hadn’t. He came to her house instead.
“Cara, Mr. Donnelly really wants to talk to you,” said Aunt Maggie. Cara came forward after wiping her hands, her eyes avoided looking at Marcus. Why was he here when she didn’t have anything to do with him? Did he too think that she was the thief? Had he come to search her house?
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