"Wait here for a bit, alright? Let the last visitor leave before you go in," the officer instructed Thalassa, guiding her to sit on a bench outside the visitor's room.

Thalassa nodded, and the officer hurried off to attend to other duties.

She found herself sitting against the wall, pondering curiously. Susan had no known family left in the world. Who could possibly know she was locked up here, looking to have a word with her?

Driven by curiosity, Thalassa leaned closer to the wall, hoping to catch a snippet of the conversation from the other side.

Indeed, muffled voices seeped through, the wall's insulation leaving much to be desired.

"Callum, you've deceived me again!" Susan's voice, laden with anger, reverberated.

Callum? He came back to see Susan?

Thalassa felt a pang of curiosity. She hadn't expected Callum

to you," Callum

accuse Thalassa of fraud on stage! But then you turned the tables on me, showing Thalassa's original work and playing the surveillance for all to see. You set me up to

kill her, it was Callum who had arranged for her to lay low abroad. Though life had been tough overseas, it was safe. Suddenly, Callum had someone bring

and despised, Susan was fed up. But even worse was the

intolerance that had driven Susan to agree to return, only to find herself trapped by

starting anew, she was

expired anyway. Even if you hadn't come back, you'd have been deported right into Lysander's hands. Do

scoffed, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Callum, after all this effort, isn't it just to show off to Thalassa, make her feel indebted to you, so you can swoop in and play the hero? So, did you confess

not is between us, and it's none of your

You better find a way to get me out of here. Otherwise, I can't guarantee I won't spill about the discord you sowed between

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