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Kelly stood frozen, staring at Eric in shock. She lost control and grabbed his shirt collar.

He knew something-Eric definitely knew something.

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"The Professor didn't commit suicide, did he?" Kelly asked, frantically grabbing the whiteboard, demanding answers from Eric.

Eric averted his eyes, unable to meet her gaze.

"Answer me! You know something, don't you?" Kelly pressed, her voice cracking with desperation.

"Kelly, stop pressuring me. Anyone can tell that Dr. Cooper's death is suspicious. How could I not have guessed?" Eric slumped against the door, reaching out to pull Kelly into an embrace.

Kelly stepped back, both terrified and in shock.

It's true.

The Professor's death had something to do with the Lynches.

But there's no evidence.

"To get you to agree to sign the settlement, Clarissa has already come up with some despicable tactics. Do you know what they're planning?" Eric wanted to tell Kelly that Clarissa was trying to frame her for extortion and send her to prison.

Buzz!

Before he could finish his sentence, his phone rang.

The ringtone echoed in the empty room.

Eric's phone played Kelly's favorite song-the one she'd loved before she disappeared.

It was as if nothing had changed, yet everything had.

answered

Faye's fever hasn't gone down, and the Lynches said it's been going on for three days. What

other end of the line; she was almost in tears, worried

want Mommy," Faye's weak voice

Faye's fever is getting worse. I've taken her

for a moment, staring at Kelly,

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your daughter. The Lynches have done so

Kelly's final hopes for him—that he wasn't complicit

a second, lowering his

at what Kelly had

hoped he hadn't

married Regina, and he

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I don't want to hurt you," Eric said, his voice thick with regret

hospital to

didn't want to

had no intention to cause

was pushing him into a corner, with no

Seaville Hospital.

this? It's all Kelly's fault. Why didn't she just die out there? Why did she come back, causing my granddaughter

paper. Regina couldn't come home, and Faye kept crying. What

at Kelly. "I always say she was a disaster. It would've been better if she had

had died, she wouldn't have come back to fight for the

left by Kelly's

son.

need to get Kelly to sign the settlement quickly. If not, it'll be

undeniable. The truth would come out, the media would report it, and those who disliked their family

drag the Lynches

inseparable; when one prospered, they all prospered as well. She was also

into the Lockharts yet.

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