qAt that thought, Charlotte could feel her heart aching terribly for him. Holding Zachary's hand, she consoled, “It's fine, Hubby. I'm already thinking of a way to find Francesco. You'll be fine soon...”

The man did not reply, merely holding her hand tightly and stroking the back of her palm gently with his thumb.

There seemed to be something weighing on his mind.

“Hubby, where have you been for the past few days? What happened? Can you tell me?” she asked uneasily.

“I don't know either...” Zachary rubbed his temples and explained tiredly, “When I was sleeping that night, I felt that the house was on fire. Then, someone barged in, and I fainted. When I regained consciousness, I saw you in the hospital.”

“I see...”

His answer confused Charlotte. It was so vague that she learned nothing new from it.

“What exactly happened?” he asked in return. “Why did the police say that you're involved in this case? Where's Ben?”

this is what

him all the details of that night. However, as she did not want him to feel pressured,

so don't worry. Ellie isn't severely injured, but she's so traumatized that she locked herself up

you found her a

arranged for a child psychologist to check up on Ellie. We also invited Dr.

stop there. “Why

reason, Charlotte felt that something

Yet, even after knowing that Ben was shot and is in a coma, he dismissed it lightly. It's the same for Ellie too. Zachary has

not put her finger on what exactly was

down on her—a strange and

wrong?” Zachary

replied, evading the question. “Why did they start a fire at Southridge the night before our wedding?

afraid that we'll only know

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