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There was a reason he'd asked Gordon to keep Mabel in the city.

The system item "No Cancer" came with a time limit. If it wasn't used within a

week, it would automatically expire, and once expired, it couldn't be repurchased

for an entire year.

Alistair was confident he'd get through this crisis unscathed. But if he was

released only to find Mabel had already left town and couldn't be reached in

for nothing. He'd have then everything would have been

chance.

the cure and possibly her last

Better to ask Gordon to postpone her trip than to tell him outright that Mabel was

sick and needed him to save her.

Gordon would've taken one look and assumed he'd gone off the deep end.

Alistair understood Gordon's frustration.

He and Caroline were deeply in love, and Mabel had always held him in high

regard. Emotionally, no matter what anyone else said, they trusted him

completely.

But now the authorities had shown up with an official arrest warrant. That meant

they had what they believed was solid evidence. Gordon was terrified that

Caroline, Mabel, or even little Eloise might witness Alistair being taken away in

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handcuffs.

And truthfully, even Alistair didn't want the people he cared about to see him

like that. It wasn't about guilt. It was about preserving dignity.

But he needed Gordon to agree. He met his gaze head-on, voice steady, firm-

rarely so serious, yet deeply sincere. "Three days," he said. "Give me three days.

That's all I ask."

Gordon narrowed his eyes. "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"There are things I didn't get the chance to say tonight," Alistair replied, "and they

matter."

Gordon almost laughed. He glanced at the officers standing nearby, gave them a

polite nod, and then turned back to Alistair. "You think you're getting out in three

days?"

Alistair didn't flinch. "Of course. I'm innocent. The justice system doesn't put

innocent men behind bars."

He turned away, refusing to

moved in and snapped

skin, glinting under

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turned just in time

a new

intrigue.

Gordon said nothing.

Alistair was led away, his brows furrowed for a moment.

he let out a quiet chuckle, shook his head, and turned to

clasped

running up, her face flushed

out breathlessly, glancing around behind him. She didn't

she turned her head

eyes scanning for Alistair.

studying

had first brought her home, the rumors

Caroline had a shady

but

hinted that he

Caroline to be the kind

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her to be, but the pressure eventually got to him.

The results were... interesting.

daughter. But there

link.

a

to the Ashbourne

tried to stir up gossip, Gordon would

bring proof. Over time, people stopped questioning Eloise's

front of her now. Her fine hair

The once-pristine little face

and her

"have you

your dad had to leave

reached out and gently wiped her cheek with his

to

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officially been "taken

learned the full scope of the case. Police

and physical evidence proving he was behind the

of Nathaniel and Cordelia.

and the department had formed a

days of

breakthrough. The officers were

closure to the victims' families and the

launched into Alistair's interrogation

the cousin of the driver

had taken advantage of the driver's unstable

him into killing Nathaniel and

said he hadn't spoken out earlier because

entire family would be targeted

He stated firmly that he

down. But

"breaking" him, everything

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