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.

eyes were sharp and cold, full of authority, while Bishop's were rounder, making him look more carefree and reckless. No point

whether you had a hand in Donovan's death or not, I'm gonna

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

'We'll meet again

info. She'd kept it together in front of Bishop, barely holding back a

she thought that

Vanessa and Ruby had been

all that scheming by Vanessa and Ruby, what

long time. When she picked up her phone, her hands were shaking. She took a

"Where are you?

address. Phoebe punched it into

was big, with

and headed into the complex, taking the

apartment door, she barely raised her hand to

and

small but cozy. There were a bunch of photos on the TV cabinet

wall. The pics were clipped up

been to a ton of places and snapped a lot of pics. Meanwhile, she barely had any

into taking photos. At first, he'd only snap pics of me. Sometimes, I'd

the sadness in her eyes. The harsh words she had planned to say got stuck in

to grill Ruby, to demand answers.

lip, tears welling up. She took a deep breath. "I'm the one who deserves to go to hell, not him. Is it to punish me for

looked back at the photos. Donovan looked