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."

didn't make any promises, but Sophie didn't need her to. Sophie felt better just

utterly alone, wondering if

hadn't slept at all

Alisa came over and said, "Don't

and asked, "Isn't the family going

"Why should they?" Immediately realizing her mistake, she covered her

felt something was wrong and just

so she glanced at the door to make sure they were alone and then whispered, "When Ms. Morgan jumped, Harris 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 were ashamed of what she did, so they hate her for it." The words 'hate' and 'ashamed' hit

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