Chapter 75

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Roger chuckled wearily, “lan, between you and me, my wife has already thrown down the gauntlet. If I let slip even the slightest hint to you, she’ll file for divorce faster than say ‘Jack Robinson.‘ She only said one thing about you: ‘He doesn’t deserve to know the truth.” Sorry, buddy.”

Before lan could get another word out, the line went dead, and he let out a string of expletives.

Clara had barely hit the road when her phone buzzed with a call from Anders. “Anders, what’s up?”

“Kaleb’s gone AWOL. Our star witness for the hearing the day after tomorrow just vanished into thin air.”

Clara had gone to great lengths to save Kaleb. He was her ace in the hole. With him. missing, she didn’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out something was fishy.

She slammed on the brakes, and the screech of the tires was a harsh exclamation point to

her frustration.

banged on the

Anders. “He’s injured. Escaping on his own is as

tracking down leads. It’s either

through the glass, her eyes shimmering with

out. Eyeing her up and down, he asked, “What the hell’s going on? Don’t you know how dangerous that was?”

in his arms. “It’s okay now. You’re never to answer the phone while

him aside, her tone sharp and biting, “lan, all I want is to clear my name. Is that really so hard? I can handle you not believing in me, but why do you block my attempts to find more

her eyes, but her stubborn pride wouldn’t let them

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