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?”

meeting with Attorney Wentworth, too. After a while, your mom told

"Star, let's go to the law

it!" Stella started

few days had been hectic for

had just wrapped up filming her series, so with her schedule suddenly clear, she'd

her car, she caught sight of a white BMW parked by the curb.

on

in paperwork, eyes fixed on the pages. Without looking up, he said flatly,

walking straight

glanced at the intimidating stack of files, her brows drawing together.

a noncommittal

the breakfast down in front of him. "Stewart, I know how much this case means to you, but you still need to eat and

leave it there. I'll eat after I

Rosita slipped the files from his hands

in irritation as he finally looked

as ever, but there was an unmistakable flicker of impatience in his dark eyes. Interruptions during work

Rosita just smiled sweetly, tucking the files behind her back and tilting her chin up in mock defiance. "If you don't

to make sure

the mention of

let out a quiet

breakfast and was just about to

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