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 had

when he learned the outcome, he wasn't the

was almost exactly as he had

want to deal with this

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

the evidence was

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

Roseanne felt

if she had anticipated this outcome all

she looked up, asking, "You're saying this document is for me to handle?"

then let's go to

Corley's eyes as he

him for a long time. Going to the police is because what Millie did to me

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

for her just so she could be

or others, Roseanne couldn't

Murray, he's neither a cop nor a judge, what does it matter whether

said, "Then you should brace yourself, the outcome