The news was huge, but Claude never showed his face in public. Even the Pearces couldn't track him down.

The next morning, Sophie called Olivia to see if Claude had reached out to her. Olivia stood silent for a while before she finally spoke, "No."

She hadn't heard from him-no calls, no texts. She realized that even if he had tried to contact her, she probably wouldn't have answered. Sophie said anxiously, "Olivia, please let us know if he contacts you. We're all trying to find him."

need her to. Sophie felt better just saying

utterly alone, wondering if the

door opened. She hadn't slept at all

was wrong. Alisa came over and said, "Don't worry about

and asked, "Isn't the

without thinking, "Why should they?" Immediately realizing her mistake, she covered her

felt something was wrong and just looked at

Group's stock tanked. And the autopsy showed she'd been badly abused before her death. It was humiliating, and now nobody outside the family is supposed to know. They loved their daughter but

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