Scars Of A Broken Bond by Calv Momose

Shirley nearly revealed her own pregnancy, feeling beads of sweat forming on her nose. "Like, my aunt's sister-in-law's sister-in-law wants different food at different times. Her husband's losing patience. They're talking divorce after the baby arrives."

"You seem well-informed." Sergio put on a faint smile.

"Yeah..." Shirley offered a weak grin, relieved. Berating herself for being foolish, she resolved to end her internship soon.

"Ding!" The elevator opened. After bidding Sergio farewell, Shirley hurried out.

Watching her hasty depart, Sergio frowned. Was it just his imagination, or did Shirley appear huge than before? Was it his illusion?

On the second day's early morning, before Sabrina could reach the police station, she received a call from them. "Miss Chavez, the suspect, Galilea Clifford, has taken her own life in jail. She placed a call to you yesterday. Please come to the station."

"What? Galilea's dead?"

"Yes, we discovered it this morning. An autopsy has been performed."

"Alright, I'm on my way."

Ending the call, Sabrina's expression turned grave, her mind filled with apprehension. She had doubted Galilea's honesty. But Galilea's sudden demise in prison seemed too strange.

by what Galilea had mentioned. She realized Galilea had been manipulated. The person pulling the strings behind Galilea got scared Galilea might spill the beans and ended up killing Galilea. This manipulator wasn't just an ordinary person since he could kill Galilea in the prison. Then, Sabrina recalled her car incident. Yesterday's rear-end collision wasn't accidental. It was deliberate, delaying her appointment with Galilea. But who orchestrated it? And what was the manipulator's motive

thoughts swirled in confusion as

recording of her phone conversation with Galilea the previous day, which she promptly

station, lost in thought, someone called out

voice, Sabrina glanced up to see

upon learning of Galilea's death. Meeting Sabrina here caught him off guard. After a moment's hesitation, he hastened toward

death?"

in then," Sabrina said

forward, blocking her path. "Sabrina, can we talk? Let's discuss

to talk right now,"

and unreadable. Though she

when can we talk?" Tyrone inquired. "I'll give you time to cool off, but there

today. I'll wait for you at the

there," Tyrone replied, hurrying into the

the room, but

what'll you have to