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Stanley waited for a while and then asked, “Is the talk over?”

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Riley tapped a few keys on her keyboard, pulled up another page, and saw a blue dot moving. She nodded. “Yeah, it’s over. Rebecca is heading out of the hospital.”

Stanley glanced over at Jeffrey, almost out of reflex.

The tense atmosphere around them vanished.

That suffocating pressure was gone, too.

Even Jeffrey’s face looked a little softer than before.

“I just don’t get it,” Riley said, clapping her laptop shut with a grin. “Rebecca is such an amazing girl, and you still want to divorce her? Don’t tell me you’re into guys or something.” She was clearly enjoying the drama.

Jeffrey shot her a look. “Who said I wanted a divorce?”

Stanley blinked in confusion.

Riley looked at him, just as thrown. “Huh?”

“She’s the one who brought up the divorce,” Jeffrey replied, his voice softer than before. “I’m just letting her vent.” After hearing Rebecca’s words, he felt a warmth blooming in his heart.

“Rebecca is not messing around here,” Stanley reminded. “It’s the 8th today. Your cooling–off period ends on the 12th, so on the 13th, you two have to show up and get officially divorced.”

Jeffrey paused for a second. ‘Damn, time just flew by…‘ he thought.

“You know Rebecca better than anyone,” Stanley said boldly. “If you back out now, who knows what she might do to make sure it happens.”

Jeffrey stood up, his face more serious and contemplative than usual. ‘It’s time to face some things,‘ he told himself.

“Where are you going?” Stanley shouted as Jeffrey began to walk away without a word.

“I’ve got the person back,” Jeffrey replied, his voice steady. “Tidy everything up in the next few days and have an answer for me by next Wednesday at the latest.”

Riley, clearly intrigued, asked, “What’s it about?”

“It’s about Rebecca’s mom, Stanley explained.

Riley looked at him, confused. She couldn’t fathom why any of this required investigation.

help me figure this out,” Stanley said, clearly desperate. “I’ve been

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a month now, and there’s nothing. It’s like someone erased her from

Riley joked, her eyebrows raising in genuine

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been just a regular, attractive woman, kind, soft–spoken,

“Don’t trust

sighed, “I’m

escape, Stanley caught her arm. “Come on. A quick search won’t hurt.

her

gave her his most pleading

brain. Never had a case left him so clueless. He needed to be sure it wasn’t his detective skills that were

an annoyed glance, not bothering to

exactly am I supposed

asked, his curiosity piqued. “Do

casually typed on the keyboard, clearly not taking

a while of searching, she looked up, thinking, ‘Are you kidding me? Nothing?

in an instant. She straightened up and ran the search again.

run down his

Riley couldn’t dig up a single clue, Amelia must be

find a clue, it was because someone had really worked

and focused. She was cracking firewalls left and right, and just when she felt she was making progress, her screen went

furrowed in

happening?” Stanley, noticing

mom’s info,” Riley explained, pausing her typing to rest her

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this kind of screen seemed oddly familiar, as

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a sinking feeling about what was coming. She was pretty sure

just as she had that thought, the screen flickered and the exact thing

fixed on the gruesome scene on the display. He rubbed his arms, trying to

need to freak out,” Riley

out of nowhere. Doesn’t it

affected. She’s

after her. “Aren’t you going to keep

the hay,” Riley said, walking away, her thoughts still

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