The villa stood before them, an unassuming façade tucked away in an affluent neighborhood where each residence was worth a small fortune.

Despite its prime location, the house bore an air of neglect, as if it were rarely inhabited.

Debra raised an eyebrow. "I wouldn't have pegged this as your style."

Andrew coughed a little, his face pale. He pulled out a key and unlocked the door.

"This isn't my house."

"If it's not yours, why do you have the key?"

"A friend entrusted it to me."

There were very few people in Seamar City whom Andrew considered friends. Debra immediately thought of Marion.

bygone era. It was impeccably maintained, as if someone regularly cared for

in to clean periodically.

where Marion used to

never mentioned it, though he had hinted at something on the

eye. A pregnant woman with a gentle face stood beside Dwayne, the late

en

"This place..."

the home of Mr. and Mrs. Houston," Andrew explained, a touch of nostalgia in

was little back then, so he didn't remember much. But he knew how much the couple loved each

affection in Dwayne Houston's gaze was too intense

Houston family's roots

country stabilized, they gradually withdrew from the power center and moved

Marion suffer overseas

as a

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