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.

with the phone. Curiosity

She paused.

the chat background being his photo. In the picture, a thinner, somewhat unwell Keegan sat by a window, bathed in soft sunlight. The text

she 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 from when Keegan

used Keegan's birthday as the password. It unlocked, revealing numerous photos

her emotions swirling, Stella began transferring the files to her phone. Time was against her, and she grew increasingly anxious. She thought, 'Darcie

turned to see Keegan. She complained, "Don't you make any

her and asked, "How much battery

noticed the phone's screen and asked, "what are

"Collecting evidence," Stella replied.

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