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.

to focus on finding the

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

the story's the same - they ended up charred. So, it's pretty clear the killer is the orphanage head, Mrs. Hannah Price. There's one, a pregnant woman named Tracie living in Silverlake City. She

latched on to his arm. "Tracie, was that really her name back at the orphanage?

Max and Ronald looked at

explain, "Richard has been

around 28 now. I always thought Richard was in love with Tracie, but now I'm not sure if he was just lying to me. But this Tracie is crucial. We need to move her to the Evergreen Health Center. It's

radar and safe."

like a major lead to Ronald, who immediately

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

in his arms,

made it look very convincing. Ronald's still on it. As for Richard wanting Tracey dead, well, dead men tell no tales. Tracey's out