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?

swung open, and there were Idris and Officer Jackson, both staring right

few seconds before snapping back to reality. I managed a weak smile and said, “I… need to get some air.” The door

tightened, his voice as cool and distant as always.

decline, I shook my head and turned to Officer Jackson, “No, it’s fine.

worry about it. We’re done talking. I’ve got stuff to handle, so you two do your

he nodded to

there. My mind was buzzing with

Idris finally said, “Come on.”

the room, grabbed a jacket, and threw it 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 down

On a still day, you could almost forget the cold. However, when the wind whipped through, it felt like icy daggers were carving you

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

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 from the fire, but

than to expect more from him. After a brief

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

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