Facade of Love

Chapter 303 Freak Accident or Foul Play?

I….

Was he hinting that he wanted to stick around too?

With that hanging in the air, I lay back, staring at the ceiling, my head pounding.

Maybe it was the presence of my two knights in shining armor, but I actually dozed off. By the time I woke up, night had fallen.

The room was empty, yet a low murmur of voices in the hall could be heard.

Groggy and stiff, I swung my legs out of bed and shuffled over. As I got closer to the door, the voices grew clearer.

Renata’s death was not an accident. She had a bunch of injuries that were hidden away, like she had been in a serious scrap before the fire even started. “I’ve got to get to the bottom of this.” That was Officer Jackson’s voice, and it sounded like he was fighting back tears.

I froze for a second, my mind racing back to when I had left the police station. I had heard something about a fire at Officer Jackson’s place, but with my mom and Maxwell’s accident in Lorrell, I was too freaked out to ask about his family.

Renata was gone?

hit me, the hospital room door swung open, and there were Idris

“I… need to get some air.” The door

lips tightened, his voice as cool and distant as always.

Officer Jackson, “No, it’s fine. I’ll go alone. You guys have your chat.”

said, “Don’t worry about it. We’re done talking. I’ve got stuff to handle, so

that, he nodded to us and

look at Idris, who was still standing there. My mind was buzzing with questions, but I could

moment of hesitation, Idris finally

headed down to the hospital’s garden. Night had settled over the place, with people rushing in and out–worried family members and patients worn down by sickness. I found

kind that bit at your skin, dry and frigid. On a still day, you could almost forget

tumbling out before

as if he had read my mind, nodded, his voice as crisp and detached as the winter air. “She didn’t make it. She was pulled

was all he said, and though I had a million questions swirling in my head, I knew better. than to expect more from him. After a brief pause, I pressed on, “Was it an accident, or… did someone do it on purpose?”

before he dropped another bombshell. Lucas’s death has stirred

a flash. Officer Jackson had been a thorn in the side