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?"

only then that they realized Queena was nowhere to be found. Hadn't she just

Queena's house, only to find it empty,

turned stone-cold; a suspect on the run often meant

tcontacting the county police, rallying

with Queena missing. Could she really be the

to the county, taking

was oblivious to the world

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

taking the keys.

lan belonged to her, and no one

discovery of the bus driver's body

by car, Abner

just a moment before leading her team to

cash amounting to ten thousand dollars

own crew.

took off,

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

pushing a

blood.

at the county's toll station, Queena's

prepared to hand Queena over to the county

the bus.

was so intent on hiding. When he saw lan's face, he couldn't believe

could the man who had disappeared from

Beck's people still searching for him

made the

"Abner?"

"We've found lan."

"Oh, what?"

but his condition doesn't look good.

who Queena was. He was impatient to get the situation

bring them back,