Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Rachel watched as the local coroner, accompanied by a few somber-faced deputies, gently moved Jackson's body onto a stretcher.

The air was thick with the scent of pine and tragedy as the coroner began his grim examination.

Abner, his face shadowed by the brim of his baseball cap, spoke up from the sidelines. "Check Phoebe too, will ya? Maybe there's

something fishy about her death as well."

Rachel shot him a glance, her green eyes sharp, but this tshe didn't object.

The results cback faster than anyone expected: both deaths were eerily similar, a fatal puncture to the brain with a sharp

needle.

Tobias, pale as the moon and only eleven years old, suddenly choked on his tears, his voice breaking the heavy silence. "It was

Queena. I saw her touch Phoebe's head, and then she just fell over. Queena's the killer."

His words were met with immediate disbelief. After all, Queena wasn't just anyone; she was the town's sole doctor, a woman of

education who had studied abroad.

Voices rose up in protest.

"Cut the kid sslack, he doesn't know what he's saying. Queena just treated his dad's injury last week!"

"Yeah, and why would she harm your dad, kiddo? They had no beef."

"Tobias, you're heartless! Has Queena ever been anything but kind to you?"

Tobias shrank back, suddenly unsure. It was true, Queena had always been good to him. But ever since Phoebe's incident, he'd

grown afraid of her.

Rachel, sensing the shift in the crowd, raised her hand for silence. Her gaze swept over the townsfolk. "Where's Queena?"

Queena was nowhere to be found. Hadn't she just been

Queena's house, only to find it empty, the doctor

suspect

no tcontacting the county police, rallying everyone to join

townspeople were uneasy with Queena missing.

had already boarded the bus heading to the county, taking the unconscious lan with her. He

and was oblivious to

She had seized the opportunity to escape with the town's only bus,

taking the keys.

thoughts were singular: lan belonged to her,

search soon led to the discovery of the bus driver's body

she was about to pursue by car, Abner

before leading her

with a stack of cash amounting to ten thousand dollars and a bank card before

own crew.

off,

unsure where to hide lan, drove aimlessly towards the county.

pushing a pill down his throat, then slit her palm and fed

blood.

the county's toll station, Queena's bus was

behind, and Rachel prepared to hand Queena over to the county police. That's when

the bus.

see the person Queena was so intent on hiding. When he saw lan's face,

had disappeared from Cania

people still searching for him in

Abner made

"Abner?"

"We've found lan."

"Oh, what?"

Greenfield, but his condition doesn't look

Queena was. He was impatient to get the situation under

bring them back,