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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after the call ended, Samuel

coaxed him to

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off a voice message. She said, “Ian says the doctor

on her arms or

“Does she have a

it’s just getting rid of a scar, Andrea doesn’t need to freak out about Jeffrey knowing. It doesn’t matter what kind of scar she’s got–he wouldn’t give a

said, “Well, that’s just odd. Let’s drop it for now and wait till Ian figures things out.

up the chat, Rebecca hit the shower. That night, she crashed in bed with

slipped

an eye. Maybe it was because she was about to leave, and her mindset had shifted. Or maybe she just didn’t have the energy to get

want me to come with you to the hospital?” Jeffrey

“No need. You just take care of

Jeffrey didn’t insist.

It wasn’t until Rebecca and Samuel got in the car to head to the hospital that Jeffrey finally said, “Call me if

to the hospital, Samuel snuggled up to Rebecca. He

“Yes?” Rebecca responded.

tilted his head up and said, “I have

gently,

asked. Since he would be gone soon,

replied, “Of course you can. That’s your choice–you can

zoomed over to Jeffrey’s bed in his

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protest, but Jeffrey tapped his little head and said, “My

time to scoot.

that, the warmth Samuel wanted

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Samuel was acting strange–it must be because he and Rebecca had worked out some plan to leave together. Sure, Samuel was

they want, they can

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