When she saw the caller ID, however, the light in her eyes seemed to fade a little bit at a time.

James noticed the obvious change in her mood and asked her casually as he drove, "It's not Lukas, is it?"

Reese replied with a flat "No," and added, "It's a senior at my college."

Her phone rang a few more times before she answered and replied, "Hello?"

When Luther Van Eimeren heard Reese's depressed tone of voice, he felt a little concerned, "Reese, are you feeling down? Why are you in such a bad mood?"

With a purse of her lips, Reese replied, "I'm fine. Do you have anything to talk about?"

Luther hesitated and stated, "Do you have time tonight? How would you like to go out and eat together?"

Reese's tone of voice became a bit sharp as she thought of Luther's relationship with Vivian Scholl. "You're not having dinner with your fiancée tonight and you want to have dinner with me?"

Luther was taken aback by this. This was the first time that Reese had spoken to him in such a direct manner.

"It's not what you have in mind. I was just thinking that we hadn't seen each other in a very long time. And with the recent online bullying you've

you for your concern. I have a lot of work to do, so I won't be having dinner

was disappointed. He hadn't expected that the attempt to see Reese would be so difficult since his return to the

said, "All right, as long as you're well, I'm at peace. You

the phone. Luther felt a

Reese had always looked up to him with admiration and had always followed him around. He had

ever since she had started to go out with her first boyfriend

chose for dinner tonight was a

Reese wasn't in a good mood, so he didn't engage her in

the time they arrived at the restaurant and ordered their meals, Reese had a preoccupied look

raise an eyebrow at her and ask, "Lia, what are you

out of her thoughts and turned to look

eyes flashed and she asked, "You asked me to come out here to discuss the progress of the investigation into the mosquito coil. So,

since James had gone out of his way to invite her to come out, he must have discovered something of

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