There's No Turning Back (Elara and Harvey) novel Chapter 28

Chapter 28

“Harvey?” Niamh called out.

She noticed Harvey’s ears turning red. His expression was something she’d never seen before.

“What did Elara yell at you about over the phone?”

His expression was hard to decipher. “She’s still picking a fight with me.”

Harvey found himself doubting whether the person who had just yelled at him was truly Elara

“Elara might be going through menopause,” Niamh said with a laugh. “They say women do age faster after having kids”

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Elara hung up after her outburst and handed the phone back to Frank. He simply stood frozen in place, utterly petrified.

With a small wave of her hand, Elara signaled him to take the phone, Frank then bolted as though lingering another second

might earn him the same wrath

Elara was eager to leave Azure Shores, and she turned to Bambi with a suggestion. “Want to go with Mommy to visit her

mentor?”

“Yes!” Bambi replied enthusiastically.

Elara called Theodore before heading to the Snapp residence. She stopped by a florist to buy flowers and then visited a specialty shop, choosing the brand of calligraphy paper Tobias had once favored.

When she arrived at the Snapp residence, a housekeeper greeted her instead of Theodore. The housekeeper, Sam Jacobson,

escorted her inside.

As they passed the side hall, Elara’s eyes caught sight of a whiteboard with a complex math problem written on it-#1

Sam asked her to wait in the hallway, but soon returned, looking apologetic. 1

“Mr. Tobias just took his medication and is feeling a bit fatigued. Perhaps you could wait a little longer, Ms. Jones?”

Elara’s heart sank. It was clear Tobias didn’t want to see her.

“Of course,” she replied calmly.

Sam then led her to the side hall.

Elara sat with Bambi for what felt like an eternity. Her attention was eventually drawn back to the whiteboard and the

intricate equation scrawled across it.

Ten minutes later, she picked up a marker and began writing on the board.

It felt like being a student again. She was lost in thought, surrounded by the hum of summer, the rustle of sycamore leaves,

and the distant footsteps of classmates

As Elara was completely immersed, she didn’t notice anything around her until-

“What do you think you’re doing?” A man’s sharp voice broke her concentration.

Startled, Elara turned to see a group of five young men standing behind her.

One of them, who was wearing black–rimmed glasses, strode up to her. “Are you the new housekeeper? How date you touch

our things?”

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He quickly snatched the marker from her hand.

Elara took a step back “Sorry, I didn’t realize it was off–limits.

“Figures you’re new. Let me be clear–don’t touch anything here. If a single sheet of calculation paper goes missing, you

won’t be able to afford the consequences!”

The man with glasses glared, while the others muttered conciliatory remarks, “Let it go, let it go. Let’s just check if anything’s missing”

They began gathering their papers and notes from the table in front of the whiteboard.

Elara quietly took Bambi’s hand and moved back to the hallway to wait for Tobias.

One of

the students grabbed the eraser, ready to wipe the whiteboard clean, but froze mid–action. “Wait! Look at this!

“What?” another asked while stepping

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