Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

The voice on the other end had said just one thing, "Zip it. If it's not your place to speak, then don't. Otherwise, I won't hesitate to silence you." With that, the call was abruptly ended.

The driver held his phone, his shirt already drenched with sweat.

...

As night fell, Murray stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows, motionless as if in deep meditation.

He watched as the sun dipped below the horizon, the sky gradually swallowed by darkness, and shadows began to creep from every unseen corner.

When the night fully descended, the man's tall figure was reflected in the glass.

Suddenly, he picked up his phone and dialed a number.

The call was quickly answered.

Murray: "Having fun, Corley?"

There was a slight pause on the other end: "Murray, what's gotten into you now?"

He smirked: "Didn't Micah give you a call?"

Micah was the name of the driver.

Silence fell on the other end.

told you, the guy's still

Corley said nothing.

deed properly, so technically, I can't be charged with conspiracy

for so many years. You know me well, how could you think

Maisie and her son, even had them

well, moving into another five-star hotel and showing up at the

could they have

chuckled lightly:

Murray was furious as he spoke. "Why

was determined to

he would be arrested. To lessen his punishment, he would naturally point

en

to commit murder, involving

the

the flames,

a

out

lives, hiring a hitman - can you imagine

was to sway the trial with public opinion, aiming

all his

you see it

with the murder, and that he was the puppeteer

"I treated you like a