Chapter 420

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I knew exactly what I had asked Steve to look into, but this wasn't the time I'd imagined getting an update. My head was spinning with everything that had just happened, but now this uneasiness crept in, making my eyelid twitch. "What did you find?" I asked, trying to keep my voice steady.

"The info you had wasn't the full story. There's a final conclusion you missed," Steve replied, sounding just as confused as I felt.

I took a slow breath. "Were you able to find it?"

"No," Steve said, and suddenly his tone got more serious. "The officer who handled the case died shortly after your dad's accident."

A cold shiver ran through me. "When?"

"One month after the investigation was closed."

For a second, I couldn't even breathe. Steve's voice cut through the panic buzzing in my head. "Rea... you there?"

I jumped in, my mind racing. "Do you think his death was connected to how my dad's accident was ruled?" "Tve thought about that," Steve admitted. "But officially, it's listed as sudden cardiac arrest. There's a hospital report and everything." His words left me hollow, like the air had been sucked out of the room.

"I tried talking to his family, but they didn't know anything that would help," Steve added, and the chill in my bones deepened.

there's nothing left, right?" I

but his family doesn't know of anything. And with his

accident was buried too deep-too many years had passed, and anyone who could help

about his colleagues? Friends? Did you check with

was a finality in his voice that

pressing down on me, "So unless someone comes

I could hear the doubt. "I'll keep

the night my parents never came Home. "No need, Steve. If they knew something,

years, those secrets were buried deep. And anyone who could tell me what really happened was either long gone or would

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to let the past stay where it

helped me, but

it," I said quietly. "Thanks, Steve. I really

before adding,

wasn't sure if he meant the park opening or Hayden's

and after a quick goodbye, the

spinning, before I typed out

back almost instantly: [Grady

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