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."

mostly coffee shops and restaurants, and it was still quiet before the evening classes ended and

was relatively

as she sat down. "What's going

some evidence. But since we couldn't directly link it to the case at

something new while going through it recently, something you might

that?" Roseanne was

look at

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

it,

was the leaking oxygen tanks or the venomous snake popping out of a gift box, according to the feasibility

saying Millie

highly likely, given the

thoughts, "pursuing this further might not hold much legal

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

Plus, it's a

possible, it's best to avoid contact with her.

me anytime if something comes up. I'm always

hands and shrugged, adopting a

help but

too busy