Chapter 88

After they got in the car, Stella unscrewed her insulated bottle and handed it to

Briony. "Here, drink some warm water. With that injury on your head and another sleepless night behind you, your body's going to give out if you don't take care of yourself."

Briony kept her gaze down and shook her head slightly, almost as if talking to herself. "Where do you think my mom could've gone?"

Stella pressed her lips together, at a loss for an answer.

From the back seat, Gina suddenly slapped her thigh. "Why don't we just ask Attorney Wentworth?"

Stewart?

Stella turned to look at Gina. "Why would we talk to him?"

"We went to Attorney Wentworth's office together yesterday morning."

"What?" Stella was stunned. "Why didn't you mention this earlier?"

"You guys... never asked."

Briony looked over at Gina. "Why did my mom go to his office?”

we got there, Ms. Lockwood happened to be meeting with Attorney Wentworth, too. After a while, your mom told me to wait outside. I

her hands. "Star, let's go to the law office

Stella started

past few days had been hectic for Stewart-late nights at the office had become

up filming her series, so with her schedule suddenly clear, she'd taken

carrying a homemade breakfast. As she stepped out of her car, she caught sight of a white BMW parked by the curb. Rosita paused for a second, then looked away and strode gracefully into the building, heels

on Stewart's office

was buried in paperwork, eyes fixed on the pages.

entered, walking straight to his

stack of files, her brows drawing together. Her tone was gentle but

a

case means to you, but you still need to

there. I'll eat after

waiting for permission, Rosita slipped the files from his hands and nudged the breakfast

as he

was as cool and impassive as ever, but there was an unmistakable flicker

tucking the files behind her back and tilting her chin up in mock defiance. "If you don't eat, I'm calling Irwin to

specifically asked me to make sure you took

of Irwin, Stewart gave

out a quiet sigh. "Fine. I

picked up the breakfast and was just about to open

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