Noel stood in silence, his emotions a fortress that none could breach. It wasn't until his uncle, Graham Tanner, hustled through the door that the walls came crashing down.

Seeing Noel's tear-streaked face, Graham rushed to embrace his nephew.

Choking back sobs, Noel clung to him. "Uncle, my brother's gone. I don't have a brother anymore...'

The assistant's eyes welled up with tears at the sight. She had worked with Noel for years, yet this was the first time she witnessed his unguarded anguish, his face awash with grief like a dam burst open, the pain palpable and piercing.

She discreetly slipped out of the room to spare him any further embarrassment.

They spent the entire night together, ensconced in the solemnity of their shared sorrow.

As dawn broke, Graham emerged.

The assistant approached immediately. "Mr. Tanner, how's Noel?"

"Asleep," came the gravelly reply.

police station," Graham demanded. He was determined to unearth every last

"Right away."

family, had rushed over after their venerable old man was hospitalized from the shock of Isaac's demise.

the abduction of Brittany, the sabotage of

the glass, Graham absorbed each word, each admission. The pain was almost

in

through traffic surveillance that Isaac had taken the driver's seat in a desperate attempt to save Brittany, resulting in the

Tanner, based on the evidence, Leila will be prosecuted and could face the death

"Good."

Tanner family isn't from Craneville, should you fail to provide satisfactory justice, we

family and the pressure from the Lynette

turned to the niece-in-law he had

isn't promising. Are you sure you

sacrificed his life for her. How

lose his cool, and the assistant, unable to withstand his intensity, quickly arranged a meeting with the Lynette family. They agreed to talk

the hospital where Brittany

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