Chapter 72

Becca's POV

It was a real struggle to convince Friederich to call Maddie and ask her to meet us the next day. Even worse was to convince him to let Raphael accompany us to the place we would go. Even though I had to almost beg on my knees, he still hadn't understood my real goal of taking him and Maddie together, until I made him call her.

Taking advantage of the fact that I destroyed his plans, he called Ethan and invited him along with Pauline also to the place I had not yet known where it would be. My mother was not at home when we arrived, I found it curious that she did not leave any message on my cell phone, but it was her habit to go out every night to meet her friends.

"Don't make that face. "I pouted, getting closer. He kept looking at me seriously with one of his eyebrows raised.

Oh, shit. I ended up remembering your threat inside the bar. Right, it was just to disguise it, and he would forget.

"I didn't forget what you said I would do. "He sa