Chapter 0423

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After helping Valerie in the bathroom and holding her until he fell completely asleep, Marcus found himself unable to rest. He decided to head to his study to tackle some pending work. While diligently sorting through emails, his phone lit up with an incoming call from Frederick. Without hesitation, he answered.

“What’s up, my friend?” Marcus asked calmly.

“I thought I wouldn’t catch you awalte,” Frederick replied, his tone tinged with nerves.

“I couldn’t sleep. It’s been an emotional day. But tell me, what’s on your mind?”

“Do you remember the briefcase I gave you when you first erived in Valentia?

“Yes. Why?”

“Have you gone through the information on the USB drive assume you haven’t, since you’ve made no mention of IL. Am I right?”

through the first folder. All found was that

quickly to ensure no one knew we

in it? Tell me

“It’s about Peter.”

about him? Does the folder

it for yourself. Go through the folder thoroughly and call me when you’re done. Something happened today that brought

I’ll check it now.”

his safe and inserted the USB into his computer. The familiar screen with twelve folders appeared, waiting to

death, and the lingering guilt Marcus felt for being married to Valerie, Peter’s former fiancée always unsettled him. He avoided thwelling on it, choosing instead to push the thoughts aside. But now, faced with Frederick’s

to the folder Frederick had mentioned. Inside, he found more subfolders, and he donned his reading glasses to begin sifting through the files. Starting with the accident reports, Marcus noted meticulous details. Among them was his own directive forbidding photos or videos of Peter’s body in the morgue. Those images, he’d ordered, were to be strictly for himself and the lead

he stared

to examine the face of the man accompanying his

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