No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

"It's 'JusticeHeart'."

He'd asked to meet before, and now calling me, it seemed like he was setting up another meeting.

I once couldn't wait to meet him, eager to uncover the truth behind my parents' car accident. But at some point, I started to dread it, like getting cold feet as you near home.

I glanced at Conrad, who clearly stepped aside, giving me space to take the call, "Detective Sampson."

"Can we meet now?"

I looked at the pouring rain, hardly ideal weather for a meeting.

But he chose this day for a reason. I took a deep breath, "Alright, where?"

I hadn't even touched the pies Jacqueline had made especially for me, leaving her visibly disappointed. It made me feel guilty, like I'd let her down.

"Next time you're free, come over, and I'll make you some more," Jacqueline insisted as I left.

In the heavy rain, I drove out of the Wagner estate.

Conrad asked what was so urgent that it couldn't wait. I only mentioned I was meeting someone important.

Detective Sampson had chosen my parents' gravesite for the meeting. Recalling the flowers I'd seen there before, I had an idea who might have sent them.

he stood by my parents' tombstone, umbrella in hand. The

stopped beside him, but his umbrella hid his

"Detective Sampson?" I initiated.

and

"Hello, Felicia," he greeted.

mind, and

have visited my parents quite a few times over the

he replied, his demeanor always so stern and serious, giving off an

he

in his thoughts for over a decade. This gesture, filled with warmth and unfamiliarity, touched me deeply.

to thank me.

but obligation," down my

Detective Sampson's words sent

his obligation was linked to my parents'

go on. But he remained quiet, just gazing at my parents'

of rain was all that filled the

I

friend of your parents all these years, right?" His question told me he'd done his homework. "Yes, at Mr. Wagner's, from the Wagner Group," I kept my eyes on him, trying to decipher why he brought up the

had my suspicions

to you," Detective

as their own daughter," I