Chapter 816

Chapter 816

Illegal dealings?

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I'd been at the funeral the entire time, and so had Wayne. No one left, no one acted shady. But stuff like this doesn't play out in the open it's always behind closed doors. Only the people involved would know.

I glanced at Wayne. For just a moment, panic flashed across his face before he masked it. That reaction told me everything-something was definitely up.

As the officers approached, everyone froze, holding their breath.

The lead officer scanned the crowd briefly, then made a beeline for Jace.

Technically, Wayne's the head of RiverwaveCorp now, but to most people, Jace is still the face of the Johnston family.

The officer handed Jace a search warrant. "Mr. Johnston, we need to conduct a search."

A search? Here? At a cemetery? Unless they planned to search everyone, what could they possibly want?

"Alright," Jace said, unflinching.

inspect the coffin

shocked-everyone except Jace. His face stayed calm, almost

know something? He'd been acting way

agree," Wayne

turned to him, holding up the search warrant. "We're just

back, "but inspecting the coffin crosses a line. It's blatant disrespect to my parents. And if you find nothing, what then? How do you make that right?" His tone was firm; he was clearly trying to block the search. "This is a lawful investigation," the officer replied, unfazed. "We're here because of a report. If nothing's there, fine.

didn't budge. "And if this report is fake? A setup to humiliate my

part of the investigation," the officer said sharply. "Right now, we're following protocol. If you keep obstructing

choice but to detain

arrest me," Wayne shot back, unyielding "But I'm not letting you inspect

Chapter 816

coffin!"

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the grave, to the coffin resting in the burial pit. Could

him," the officer

by the arms. His veins bulged, his face flushed with fury as he shouted at Jace, "Why aren't you saying anything? Do you really think I'd stoop so

again. "I may be a lot

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