Chapter 1985

To stay alert, she requested a policewoman to prepare a cup of coffee for her.

As the sky darkened, Lucinda noted the passing of three hours.

The officers dispatched to the Paynes’ house had not yet returned.

Without access to her phone or a clock in the room, she relied on her sense of time.

She couldn’t help but summon an officer and inquire, “What time is it now?”

“It’s already seven o’clock.

“Seven already?” Lucinda was taken aback, realizing it was evening.

“Sir, the officers who went to the Paynes’ house for my belongings haven’t returned.

Have you checked on them?”

The officer looked puzzled.

“I apologize, Mrs.

Payne.

Our station shifts change in the evening.

The officer who was working with you has finished for the day.

have been a lapse

look into it right

Lucinda’s frustration was evident.

up on why they haven’t returned from

Is there an issue?”

will have a word

Please do not worry.

or bag, Lucinda was left to wait, her

a crucial issue at the

Upon their plane’s ar

Nathan immediately tried

calls, concern

to ignore his calls without

his anxiety mounting

it was about to disconnect for the third time, but it wasn’t Lucinda

“Mr.

Payne, have you returned?”

voice, a mix of

answering Lucinda’s phone? Where

detained by

needed to question her about an

phone and bag were left in

Norton’s bedroom.

be discovered, I secured

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