Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Owen adjusted his glasses, his expression unreadable.

The next moment, Corley crossed the street, heading towards Roseanne. "Was about to head up to see you, didn't expect to bump into you here." "Something up?"

"Yeah," he nodded, his face somewhat serious. "Can we talk somewhere else? Is that okay?"

Roseanne glanced at Owen, and Corley's gaze naturally followed.

"Fancy seeing you again, Mr. Reynolds."

Owen replied, "Not so fancy, considering you're here for Roseanne. It's easy to run into me."

Corley paused, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Owen met his gaze squarely, calm and unflinching.

"Half an hour, will that do?" Roseanne checked her watch.

"That's fine."

"Let's sit down at that coffee shop across the street."

were mostly coffee shops and restaurants, and it was

it was relatively

the point as she sat down. "What's going on? Talk

evidence. But since we couldn't

upon something new while going through it recently, something you

that?" Roseanne was

a look at

her a report, highlighting certain sections with a red pen, "Pay attention

it,

tanks or the venomous snake popping out of a gift box, according to the feasibility analysis here, it's unlikely Millie could have pulled this off

saying Millie

highly likely, given the

his thoughts, "pursuing this further might not hold much legal

the local police had officially declared they wouldn't proceed with the

deserve to know the full story. Plus, it's a heads-up, Millie is not

it's best to avoid contact with her.

I'm always available, not like I'm worth

and shrugged, adopting a

couldn't help but

Sullivan, you're too busy for