“What did he send?” Josiah quickly put the food down and leaned in close to look.

Winnie furrowed her brows as she handed him the phone.

Josiah took it over from her and read the message out loud, “The celebrity has been bailed out. All that’s left to do is to wait for Xavier to come back. When will he be back?”

After reading through the text, Josiah scrolled through the phone’s inbox and said, “I don’t see any other messages. What does this mean? Who’s the celebrity? What are they planning to do?”

Winnie massaged her aching forehead. “I don’t know. Let me think…”

Josiah nodded and returned the phone to her. “Just take your time. Here, I’ll drive while you think about it.”

“Okay.” Winnie knew she was in no condition to drive, so she did as told and swapped places with him.

After getting into the passenger seat, Winnie rolled the window down fully to get some fresh air.

As it was quite a windy day in the countryside, the fresh air blowing on her face helped clear her head instantly.

She turned to look at Josiah and exclaimed, “Oh, I remember now! The celebrity named Shania Hamilton! She got arrested a while back for assaulting someone with a knife. She was aiming for me, but Nate shielded me from the attack. We then called the police and had her arrested.”

“Oh, right, I remember that incident! You told me she hated you because Xavier had her blacklisted, right?” Josiah asked with a frown.

“Yeah.” Winnie nodded. “That’s exactly what happened. Well, technically, she wasn’t just aiming for me. She was also going for Xavier.”

dead, but he doesn’t want to get his hands dirty, so he gets someone else to help him do it. Since Shania happens to have a motive for killing you two, she’s the perfect tool for the task,” Josiah

How did he find out, though? Could it be that Granny provided him with that information? I was wondering

ended up crying after

her this upset before, and it pained

asked, “How about I send you home instead? You

and replied after a brief pause, “It’s fine. I

her phone and called Mary, who was in charge of looking

all right?” Winnie

still won’t eat, drink, or speak to anyone. Mrs. Fairchild, should we send her

when I get back. For now, just try your best to talk her into

don’t think Mdm. Sumner would want to contact anyone

later. Inform me immediately if

the phone after

you reply to Stuart’s message? In fact, should we

want

you tell

Winnie then looked straight ahead as she continued, “Step on it.

and floored

two soon arrived at the Fairchild

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