Chapter 503

"You can't change the past; just hold onto the people you've got now."

I knew what he was getting at, and it hit a nerve. If this report on my parents' accident pointed to someone still around... he was basically telling me not to let it mess things up with the people who'd actually been good to me. "Yeah, I get it," I nodded. "I've thought about it a lot, especially over the past few months."

It wasn't just talk. I'd spent so much time with that contract I found in my dad's notebook, going over every theory, every suspicion, struggling to make sense of it. And somehow, I'd finally started to accept some of it. "Looks like making you wait wasn't for nothing," Cedric said, like he'd been expecting this. Now! understood why he'd been so cryptic, dropping hints but never giving me the full story.

He reached into his pocket, pulling out an envelope, but he didn't hand it over just yet. "You know Hayden Hart, right?"

My heart skipped. Hayden and I had dug into his dad's death too, searching for answers. "Did he come to you, too?"

"Yeah. He wanted this report as much as you do."

My breath caught. "So... does he already know?"

Cedric shook his head, his hand still wrapped around the envelope. "Are you hoping I'll tell you both at the same time?"

Before I could say anything, footsteps sounded on the steps behind us.

umbrella, and in that moment, it felt like a wave crashed

all the history tangled between us, but also because of what we were about to uncover about our

all just an

flicking up to meet mine-just for a

Hayden stepped closer, looking at my

stood there in silence, the rain falling softly over the headstones, each of us

own thoughts.

and Mrs. Kay, I'm sorry. It's been ten years, but I'm finally here to bring you the

a split second, I almost wanted to stop him from

umbrella, bumping it against Hayden's. I glanced up, and he was looking back

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shadowed, heavier than

Miss Kay,"

him. He held out

at it, neither of us reaching for

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