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.

full of authority, while Bishop's were rounder,

"Mr. Reynolds, whether you had a hand in Donovan's death or not, I'm gonna keep

a sip, and watched her leave, a cold smile creeping

thought, 'We'll meet again

her mind spinning with all the info. She'd kept it together in

had his accident in Starfall City, she thought that he was acting out of infatuation, missing

Ruby had been

Vanessa and Ruby, what were they

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

together. "Where

her an address. Phoebe punched it into

Donovan's workplace. The place was big, with snow-covered greenery, and the vibe was

headed into the

raised her hand to knock when it swung open. Ruby

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

was small but cozy. There were a bunch of photos on the TV cabinet and a photo wall

pics were clipped up all artsy-like, mostly of Ruby

a lot of pics. Meanwhile, she barely had any photos with Donovan on her phone. She couldn't even remember the last time they took

wasn't into taking photos. At first, he'd only snap pics

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

Ruby, to demand answers. But now, all she

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

the photos. Donovan looked genuinely