Facade of Love

Chapter 303

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?

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

managed a weak smile and said, “I… need to get some air.” The door had caught

voice as cool and

I shook my head and turned to Officer Jackson, “No, it’s fine. I’ll go alone. You guys have your

talking. I’ve

he nodded to us

there. My mind was buzzing with questions, but I could not find the

hesitation, Idris finally

over my shoulders. Together, we 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

skin, dry and frigid. On a still day, you could

Mrs. Newman really gone?” I asked, the words tumbling out before I

as crisp and detached as the winter air. “She didn’t make it. She was pulled from the fire,

had a million questions swirling in my head, I knew better. than to expect more

dropped another bombshell. Lucas’s death has stirred up a hornet’s nest

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

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