He was one of Fitch's people. He'd shown up because he couldn't reach Fitch; thus he ended up knocking on Maja's door.

"Ms. Pennyfeather, you might not be aware, but when someone in politics screws up, their place of detention is not your run-of-the-

mill cell. Bernard's rivals are looking to take him down, so as soon as they got wind that Queena might have been swapped over,

they've been on this case like bloodhounds. But the trail led to Mr. Raymond, and the evidence is ironclad. They've found Queena's

ashes."

Found them? If Bernard was planning on using Queena to control lan, she would need to be alive, wouldn't she? Now they're saying

they found her ashes? What in the world was going on?

"Are we certain those ashes are hers?"

"Positive. The task force has verified it, and Queena left a suicide note that mentioned Mr. Raymond. Now, with Mr. Raymond locked

up, and Bernard facing dismissal, there's no higher-ups left to throw Mr. Raymond a lifeline."

When self-interest was at stake, everyone had their own agenda. And Bernard, having been in power for so many years, had barely

made a misstep - except for that the let lan whisk Patric away.

Now that there was a chance to oust him, who would want to let that opportunity slip by?

Maja's face grew stern. The whole point of having Fitch release Queena was to keep tabs on Bernard's actions. But this boomerang

had cback to hit lan instead. It seemed Bernard had anticipated this move and had set lan up to take the fall.

a coma, was he really going to be carted off

charge of

from the task force. Ms. Pennyfeather, she's a tough nut to

anyone's reputation.”

no tin getting Rachel's number. When Rachel

the corner of her mouth curled up in

of the Raymond Corporation? The

position?"

venom in her last words was palpable; it was clear she had

did Maja realize Rachel was a former student of Bernard's and

rudely hung up the phone and even

her mind a tangled mess. She

but not knowing where to even

sifting through a pile of documents, spreading them out with his slender fingers, "Let's not panic just

the details carefully. We might have missed

be anxious? And she was pregnant; any emotional upheaval could

nausea.

a sip of warm water, her complexion pale. But as Dylan

use lan to resurrect his son,

was after lan's body because of his

from him, could it be that Bernard's sights had never been set

Fitch all along?

that was the case, what was his reason for taking lan? Her lips pressed together as she watched Dylan stand up

another glass of water.

it easy. The more chaotic it gets, the more we need to stay

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