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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.

said, clearly desperate. “I’ve been trying

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a month now, and there’s nothing. It’s like

Riley joked, her eyebrows

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been just a regular, attractive

opened her laptop. “Don’t trust me? Search

“I’m heading to

on. A quick search won’t hurt. It just takes a few

rolled her

his most pleading

him so clueless. He needed to be sure it wasn’t his detective

annoyed glance,

“What exactly am I supposed to search

curiosity piqued. “Do you know the names

the keyboard,

while of searching, she looked up, thinking, ‘Are you kidding me? Nothing? Not even

in an instant. She straightened up and

down his spine at Riley’s

couldn’t dig up a

digging up information online. If she couldn’t find a clue, it was because someone had really worked hard

ordered, her voice sharp and focused. She was cracking firewalls left

furrowed in

noticing

Riley explained, pausing her typing to rest her chin on her hand,

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screen seemed oddly familiar, as

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coming. She was pretty sure the blank screen

the screen

He rubbed his arms, trying to get rid of the

need to freak out,”

of nowhere. Doesn’t it bother you at all?” Stanley blurted and then

She’s not even affected. She’s really not bothered,‘

you leaving?” Stanley called after her. “Aren’t you going to keep

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

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