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

the outcome,

almost exactly as he had

the victim here, how you want to deal with this is up to you." Roseanne's fingers slightly curled at the sight of the envelope being pushed towards her. She picked it up,

instructor to swap out the oxygen tanks and how the gift box had been rigged with a venomous

the evidence was comprehensive, leaving no

and again, even nearly losing her life, she

felt only a

as if she had anticipated

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

then let's go to

in Corley's eyes as he smirked: "Not

a long time. Going

win anyone back or to get anyone's attention, but

raising her, teaching her, and caring for her just so she could be taken advantage

Roseanne couldn't possibly play the

a cop nor a judge, what does

outcome might not be as optimistic as