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.

someone look for his family, but

my spine, "So, there's nothing left to

seems so, unless the officer left something 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 was a dead end. "What about his colleagues or friends?"

"Looked into

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

with the officer's family or someone he was close to

eyes, gazing

night, reminiscent of those evenings waiting for my parents to come home, "No need.

to bury the truth about my parents' accident, they'd have covered

it's been ten years, people have moved on,

be the past. Don't trap yourself in it," Jefferson finally advised

got the message. Though he had helped me, deep down, he didn't support my quest to uncover the truth about my parents' accident

responding, "I understand. Thanks for your

Jefferson paused before changing the subject, "Felicia, I saw the trending

theme park gift or the successful proposal, so I just said, "Thank

to him on the other end, our

Jefferson one last message: [What was the

He quickly replied: [Richard.]