Rebirth Into My Second Chance

Chapter 224

Detective Ronald was swamped, his desk a mountain of paperwork and take-out coffee cups. When he spotted me walking in with Max, a puzzled expression flickered across his face before he turned to Max and asked, "Your sweetheart knows about this?" At the mention of "sweetheart," Max coughed awkwardly, but Ronald, ever the joker, continued, "Ms. Floyd, did I get it wrong calling you his sweetheart? This guy here would walk through fire for you."

I was a bit lost, frowning in confusion.

"Don't mind him; he's just messing with us. Ronald, we need the records from the orphanage back in the day," Max quickly diverted the subject, but it planted another seed of worry in my heart. What had Max done this time that was so dangerous for my sake? He seemed to read my thoughts. "Ronald's just pulling my leg. Don't worry; I'll be right here with you and our kid."

A wave of warmth washed over me. After all, what mattered most to me was our future together and our family.

Our current mission was to catch the person threatening me and our child.

The head of the orphanage, Mrs. Thompson, was well protected by Richard, and without solid evidence or her whereabouts, grabbing Richard wouldn't do us any good.

finding the targets Mrs.

is right here," Ronald said, shuffling papers around. "I've just got

killer is the orphanage head, Mrs. Hannah Price. There's one, a pregnant woman named Tracie living in Silverlake City. She just had her pregnancy confirmed

jazzed up and latched on to his arm. "Tracie, was that really

Max and Ronald looked at

explain, "Richard has been looking for

sure if he was just lying to me. But

radar and safe."

a major lead to Ronald, who immediately contacted his team to

we waited for Tracie's arrival, I clutched Max's hand, my voice tinged with fear, "Max, has Richard been lying to me all along? And why would Tracey take the fall for Richard? I can't figure it out. And was it Richard who ordered Tracey's murder yesterday? How did

me in his

alright. I'm not sure why Tracey took the fall for Richard, but they made it look very convincing. Ronald's still on it. As for Richard wanting Tracey dead, well, dead men tell no tales. Tracey's