How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 204

Elodie had no idea what Esmeralda was getting at.

"What's wrong? The payment went through, our project's up and running-what do you think is going on?"

Esmeralda looked even more bewildered. "I went to the real estate office today. You remember my dad bought me those two condos? I was there to handle the paperwork, and guess who I ran into?"

"Who?"

"Keith. You know, Jarrod's assistant." Esmeralda's expression was incredulous. "He was there to handle some property business for Jarrod. I got chatty with one of the clerks, and he told me the apartment Keith was dealing with is in Moonlight Garden..."

Elodie's face slowly hardened.

Moonlight Garden-

Their marital home.

What was that supposed to mean?

She stared, a mix of disbelief and confusion on her face.

She immediately pulled out her phone and texted the agent who'd handled her house sale.

The reply came quickly: [Ms. Thorne, the buyer's identity is confidential, but the person who signed the paperwork is Keith.]

What more proof did she need?

Jarrod was the one who bought the house!

Jarrod had bought

the house had sold,

Esmeralda was

confusion. She couldn't wrap her

to sell, that was her

just couldn't

with the money already in her account, VistaLink Technologies' most urgent crisis was

But-

the evening rolled around and work drew to

Thorne, are you free tonight? Mr. Silverstein would like you to come by Moonlight Garden." There was no room

tone was cool. "If he has something to

to your divorce agreement, we hope you'll cooperate."

divorce agreement, that probably meant Jarrod needed to

rubbed her brow lightly. "Alright.

for a year, after work she drove

she arrived at the house, out of habit, she keyed

Beep, beep-

Wrong code.

then did it sink in: Jarrod had bought

Fast, even for him.

it mattered-other than tonight's business, she hadn't

him

barely changed. Realizing the situation, she simply rang

a while before the

his gaze unreadable

eyes widened in brief