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.

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

someone come in to clean periodically. It

this where Marion used to

never mentioned it, though he had hinted at something on

Above the mantel, a wedding photo caught her eye. A pregnant woman with

en

"This place..."

of Mr. and Mrs. Houston," Andrew explained, a

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

the fake couples in business circles. The affection in Dwayne Houston's gaze was too

Houston family's

of Caleb. Later, as the country stabilized, they gradually withdrew from the power

suffer overseas

as a

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