Mission accomplished?

CALISTA [SERENITY]

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I had my plan in motion the moment Shawn arrived the next day. My secret ability was to fake sickness. I mastered it back when I was still Calista and would pretend to be ill just to avoid people or going out.

The groan I summoned in the morning when he arrived was Oscar-worthy. Shawn believed me at once. I had to lie down there, glued to the mattress until I was sure he’d left. He took a long time since he said he was having a meeting with a friend.

Immediately after he left, I ransacked the room again, making sure nothing was left untouched. I grew so frustrated at the end of the search that I found nothing.

“Grrrrrr!” I groaned, about to give a strong-ass kick on the bed frame when I heard the knock on the door.

I panicked. The room was still messy, the bed drawers opened and all. I hastily closed those and wrapped a blanket over myself. Afterward, I dropped to the floor and crawled to the door, kicking things on the way so that it’d be like the room had just