No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

I had finally pieced together what he had been digging into.

This should have been a trio of good news knocking at my door, yet, for some odd reason, my eyelids twitched uneasily.

"What did you find?" My voice was taut with tension.

"The info you stumbled upon isn't the whole picture. There's a final conclusion missing, and I can't fathom why you didn't see it," Jefferson said, his tone laced with confusion.

I inhaled sharply, "So, did you uncover anything?"

"No. The officer who handled the car accident case passed away."

My heart skipped a beat, and a bitter taste filled my mouth, "When did he die?"

"A month after your dad's accident was closed."

My breath hitched, and I found myself at a loss for words until Jefferson called out my name, "Felicia..."

I cut him off, "Do you think the officer's death has something to do with the final verdict of my dad's accident?"

"I've had my suspicions. But the man died of a sudden heart attack. There's a hospital death certificate and everything," Jefferson's words left me speechless.

for his family, but

"So, there's

behind. But his family doesn't know anything, and his death was so sudden," Jefferson's explanation made it clear - my dad's car accident case

replied, "Looked

I closed my eyes. "It seems we're at a dead end unless the

might still be a way. I can try to speak with the officer's family or someone he was close to at work. Maybe there's still

my eyes, gazing

to come home, "No need. If there

to bury the truth about my parents' accident,

have moved on, and nobody's looking

let the past be the past. Don't trap yourself in

this, I got the message. Though he had helped me, deep down, he didn't support my

merely responding, "I understand. Thanks for your

useful," Jefferson paused before changing the subject,

he was congratulating me on the theme park gift or the successful proposal, so I just

someone called out to him on the other end, our

last

He quickly replied: [Richard.]