Chapter 1998

Stella, usually adept at handling precarious situations, now faced a new challenge. Jaylene's phone was locked, and she did not know the password. Keegan then took the phone. He paused momentarily before entering his own birthday as the passcode.

"Quite the romantic, isn't she?" Stella remarked sarcastically.

He responded with a half-smile. Then, he ingeniously activated the reverse wireless charging feature on Jaylene’s phone, attaching his own phone to its back to drain the battery.

"Such a feature exists?" Stella exclaimed, astonished.

Keegan answered dryly, "If you paid attention to more than just the camera pixels when buying a phone, you'd find it has other uses."

Stella fell silent as he opened several battery-draining apps on Jaylene's phone to accelerate the battery depletion.

talk to York, leaving Stella alone with the phone. Curiosity got the better of her, and she

She paused.

Keegan's name as "Kee," with the chat background being his photo. In the picture, a thinner, somewhat unwell Keegan sat by a window, bathed in soft sunlight. The text

managed to control her emotions and refrained from deleting Keegan's contact and the photo. Calming herself, Stella browsed through Jaylene's photo album, noting the conspicuous absence of pictures

deeper, she discovered a password-protected album. Tentatively, she used Keegan's birthday as the password. It unlocked, revealing

Time was against her, and she grew increasingly anxious. She thought, 'Darcie could

Stella turned to see Keegan. She complained, "Don't

approached her and asked, "How much battery had

and

"Collecting evidence," Stella replied.

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