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.

of authority, while Bishop's were rounder, making him look more carefree

stood up. "Mr. Reynolds, whether you had a hand in Donovan's death or not,

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

'We'll meet again for

kept it together in

City, she thought that he was acting

Ruby had been plotting against her all

that scheming by Vanessa and

her phone, her hands were shaking. She took a deep breath, found Ruby's number, and called. Ruby answered quickly, her

pressed her lips together. "Where are you? We need to

didn't waste time and sent her an address. Phoebe punched it into the GPS, tossed her

was near Donovan's workplace. The place was big, with snow-covered greenery,

her car and headed into the complex,

she got to the apartment door, she barely raised her hand to

to change shoes." Ruby turned and

There were a bunch of photos on

wandered over to the photo wall. The pics were clipped

Meanwhile, she barely had any photos

first, he'd only snap pics of me. Sometimes, I'd sneak a shot of him. Later, he probably

in her eyes. The harsh words

to grill Ruby, to demand answers. But now, all she

to go to hell, not

back at the photos. Donovan looked genuinely happy