Forbidden Passion

Chapter 574 A Murder Case Without Suspects

Phoebe shot up from her seat. Even though she had suspected all along that Donovan had been set up, she had only suspected Darlene, who was missing. She never saw it coming that Ruby and Vanessa were scheming behind the scenes, trapping Donovan deep.

"Why'd she do it?" Phoebe's voice shook.

Bishop shrugged. "Beats me. You should ask Ruby. But I heard she's tight with Vanessa. Maybe messing with Donovan was just to mess with you."

Phoebe stumbled back into her chair, staring blankly at Bishop. "So Donovan overheard Ruby and Darlene talking, had a huge blowout, and when her scandal hit, she offed Donovan?" Bishop stifled a laugh. "Ms. Ziegler, this ain't a gangster flick. It's not all about whacking people. From what I know, Ruby didn't have the time to pull it off."

"Then why'd Donovan die?" Phoebe was baffled.

The cops called it a murder, but with no solid evidence, they couldn't pin it on anyone and had to close the case.

The whole thing was a dead end. The brake pads were messed with, and a small timed bomb was put in the fuel tank, but no suspects.

It was just nuts!

Bishop shook his head and sighed. "I don't know. Maybe it was just his bad luck. Ms. Ziegler, the real villain here is Theodore. Why don't we team up and take him down?"

Phoebe squinted at him. "Mr. Reynolds, that's why you wanted to meet, huh? Sorry, even if I'm not with him, I'm not with you either."

Bishop blinked, looking a mix of disappointed and resigned. "What a shame."

Phoebe couldn't help but stare at Bishop's eyes. He and Theodore had similar features, but their eyes were totally different.

authority, while Bishop's were rounder, making him look more carefree and reckless. No point in talking

hand in Donovan's death or not, I'm gonna keep digging.

his coffee, took a sip, and watched her leave, a cold smile creeping on his

meet

with all the info. She'd kept it together

that

Vanessa and Ruby had been plotting against her all

that scheming by Vanessa and Ruby, what

phone, her hands were shaking. She

her lips together. "Where are you?

address. Phoebe punched it into the GPS, tossed

workplace. The place was

car and headed into the complex, taking the

to the apartment door, she barely raised her hand

need to change shoes." Ruby turned and walked inside. Phoebe followed, shutting the door behind

cozy. There were a bunch of photos on the

wandered over to the photo wall. The pics were clipped up all artsy-like, mostly of Ruby and

been to a ton of places and snapped a lot of pics. Meanwhile, she barely had any photos with Donovan on her phone. She couldn't even remember the

wall, she walked over. "Donovan wasn't into taking photos. At first, he'd only snap pics of me. Sometimes, I'd sneak a shot of him. Later, he probably

harsh words she had planned to say got stuck in her

grill Ruby, to demand answers. But now,

breath. "I'm the one who deserves to go to hell, not him. Is it to punish me for all the bad things

back at the photos. Donovan looked