#Chapter 199: The Final Results

Tessa

Once we looked at least somewhat presentable, we headed upstairs, Gideon locking the door behind us with the security code. A few workers were still bustling around the house, putting finishing touches on various rooms.

Brooks wasn’t inside. We found him waiting in the garden, standing beneath one of the maple trees that lined the property’s edge. My stomach clenched at the sight of him. He