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."

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

held her phone, feeling utterly alone, wondering if the

hadn't

was wrong. Alisa came over and said, "Don't worry about that. We don't talk

"Isn't the family going to do

thinking, "Why should they?" Immediately

was wrong

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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