Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Wait a minute-I didn't call today just to shoot the breeze." The voice on the other end turned serious. "The situation in the Maldives, it's all been sorted out." Roseanne instinctively sat up straight: "Talk to me."

"Got time? Let's grab a bite, I've got something for you."

Roseanne frowned slightly, glanced at her watch, and agreed to meet the next day at three in the afternoon.

...

The next day, at the diner.

"This document, my legal team got ahold of it, take a look."

No sooner had they sat down,

Corley got straight to the point, sliding a manila envelope across the table to her.

"Since last year, this international lawsuit has been pushing forward, during which the hotel was forced to hand over all surveillance footage."

"Plus, with a fortunate tip-off about an eyewitness, following the trail, we finally cleared up the truth."

and he

when he learned the outcome, he wasn't

almost exactly

a hint of amusement in his voice: "You're the victim here, how you want to deal with this is up to you." Roseanne's fingers slightly

document detailed how Millie had bribed the diving instructor to swap out the oxygen tanks and

photos and videos, the evidence

and again, even nearly losing her life, she should have felt outrage at seeing the mastermind,

Roseanne felt only

if she had anticipated this outcome all

moment, she looked up, asking, "You're saying this

let's go to

in Corley's eyes as he smirked:

nothing to do with him for a long time. Going to the police is because what Millie did to me has crossed the legal

get anyone's attention, but to protect my own right

efforts in raising her, teaching her, and caring for her

for herself or others, Roseanne couldn't possibly play the

neither a cop nor a judge, what

yourself, the outcome might not be as optimistic as