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?”

happened to be meeting with Attorney Wentworth, too. After a while, your

"Star, let's go to the law office and find

it!" Stella started the

been hectic for Stewart-late nights at the office had

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

a white BMW parked by the curb.

knocked on Stewart's office

on the pages. Without

entered, walking straight

brows drawing together. Her tone was gentle but carried a

murmured a noncommittal

"Stewart, I know how much this case means to you, but you

I'll

slipped the files from his hands

as he finally

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

and tilting her chin up in mock defiance. "If you don't eat,

He specifically asked me to make sure you took care of

the mention of

he let out a

up the breakfast and was just about to open

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