Chasing His Runaway Wife by Jamie Stones

Chapter 23

“About Malcolm… Why didn’t you get a divorce after what he did to you?” Chadwick looked at her worriedly. There were touches of emotions in hist eyes that Tabitha could not comprehend. “Is it because you can’t let go of him?”

“Of course not.” Tabitha had a clear idea of love and hate. When she loved. someone, she could pour in everything and not expect anything in return, but once she decided to let go, she would never want to drag things out.

She closed her eyes for a moment and when she opened them again, the cloudiness in the depths of her eyes lifted. Now, hatred and determination. were clearly visible in her eyes.

“It’s because of Naomi. She killed my parents. I won’t let her have her way,”

she stated.

Chadwick had never seen that look in Tabitha’s eyes before and was shocked. He asked, “What happened?”

Tabitha pursed her lips and gave a brief account of the accident that happened eight years ago.

“I’ve been looking for witnesses to the accident that day but afterward, Naomi seemed to vanish into thin air, and I couldn’t find her,” she elaborated.

Behind Naomi, there seemed to be an invisible power protecting her. No matter how hard Tabitha tried, she seemed to make no progress at all.

Even the investigator Tabitha hired a few days ago ended up helping Naomi set her up.

Later on, she tried to look for the investigator named Vernon, but he disappeared. His phone couldn’t be reached, and the detective agency he was from had even closed down.

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incident for eight whole years without being able to find closure or even find any clues. It had been so

know that Tabitha’s teenage years were so

you mentioned this to

behind Naomi, he was afraid that Tabitha would be in danger if she were to

“No,” she answered.

efforts were made to investigate after the fact, she was only 14 years

Thus, after she married into the Sinclair family, she didn’t bring

behind what happened back then, and I won’t let her get away with it anymore!‘ Tabitha vowed to

could indeed turn to Alaric

he was so furious that his heart disease flared up, If he knew that Naomi was her

She could not bear to be the one to

to Tabitha’s explanation, Chadwick immediately offered,

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of justice. Her name is

“Well then, when can I contact Ms. Ingram?” she asked eagerly.

immediately called Colette and asked

each other quite well, and Tabitha began to calm down after realizing

a lawyer who could be

said with some regret, “Colette has just taken a case and is outstation. She’ll only be back in Xosa after a few days. When she’s back, we can make an appointment

that this kind of thing could not be rushed in a short time either. “It doesn’t matter. I have waited for eight years, so a few days more won’t be a problem,” she reassured him with a nod.

she asked again, “About

go with you on

she

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