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.

the commotion, dashed over. He banged on the car window, “Clara, open up!”

on the line with Anders. “He’s injured. Escaping on his own

evidence of a struggle at the scene. I’m tracking down leads. It’s either the Campbell or the Hayes

the glass, her eyes shimmering with an

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

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

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

her stubborn

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