After the divorce, he begged

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Andrea was fuming, but she had to keep things civil. She couldn’t tell if Jeffrey had sent someone after Ben, or if somebody else was sniffing around.

She said. “Give me some time to get the cash together. Once I pay you, keep your mouth shut and send me a photo of whoever reached out to you.”

Ben agreed, “No problem.”

Andrea said, “This money is a one–off buyout, not some installment deal. Even if someone waves more cash at you later, you’re not allowed to breathe a word about this.”

Ben said, “Understood.”

Andrea hung up the phone. She stood in her room, her face etched with worry. She pondered, ‘I can’t just ask Jeffrey for 1 million. If he starts digging into where the money goes, he’ll definitely figure out what happened

back then.

And even if I pay Ben, there is no guarantee he won’t sell me out later if someone offers him more. After all, I’ve already given him 3,000 dollars to keep quiet once before.

Without warning, memories of the hospital fiasco flooded Andrea’s mind. She thought, ‘Jessica swore she wouldn’t dig any further, but who’s to say she hadn’t already let it slip? If the investigator is part of Rebecca’s crew, this secret has to stay buried–silenced for good.

At this thought, Andrea sent Ben a location and texted: [Come here this weekend, and I’ll hand over the cash. Since you broke our agreement before, I need to keep some proof this time.]

Ben replied: [No problem.]

Andrea closed the chat with Ben and shot a text to Jessica: [Did you forget what you promised me?]

Jessica was on the phone with Rebecca when she got the message. She immediately told Rebecca about the

text.

“Why’s she suddenly hitting you up?” Rebecca asked.

Jessica replied, “Who knows? My guess? Ian probably unearthed something, and now she’s panicking.” She suddenly sat up straight and exclaimed, “That’s it.”

Rebecca asked, “What do you mean?”

Jessica said, “It has to be Ian. He must’ve dug up some major dirt, and now Andrea’s freaking out. That explains why she’s reaching out to me–she must be really rattled.

“I’d better check in with Ian, see what he’s uncovered. You go ahead and do your thing.”

Rebecca replied, “Alright.”

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Samuel came out of

coaxed him to

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Rebecca even hit the shower, Jessica fired off a voice message. She said, “Ian says the

on her arms or legs. No idea about the

asked, “Does she have a scar on her stomach

dropped her own voice reply. She said, “Honestly, if it’s just getting rid of a scar, Andrea doesn’t need to freak out about Jeffrey

now and wait till Ian figures things out. Sitting here guessing won’t get us

shower. That night, she crashed

Jeffrey quietly slipped

eye. Maybe it was because she was about to leave, and her

come with you to the hospital?” Jeffrey asked while they were

“No need. You just take care

Jeffrey didn’t insist.

that, neither of them said another word. It wasn’t until Rebecca and Samuel got in the car to head to the

Samuel snuggled up to Rebecca.

“Yes?” Rebecca responded.

tilted his head up and said, “I

replied gently,

Since he would be gone soon, he

That’s your choice–you

warmth Samuel hoped to offer. When Samuel zoomed over to Jeffrey’s bed in his

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to protest, but Jeffrey tapped his little head and said, “My bed’s for my wife only. Anyone

time to scoot.

just like that, the warmth Samuel

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strange–it must be because he and Rebecca had worked out some plan to leave together. Sure, Samuel was trying to patch things up, but that was not

them walk out of his life, no matter what. He thought, ‘If they want, they can go out and have

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