The Bound Between Us

Mr. Walker didn't even dare light up a cigarette. He sat back down, face serious, and stayed alone on the sofa for what felt like forever.

If Anastasia's kidnapping really had something to do with his wife, he honestly didn't know what he'd do.

He mulled it over for a long time before finally picking up the phone. "Mr. Taylor, any news on Anastasia's kidnapping?"

Mr. Taylor, startled awake by the late-night call, snapped to attention. "Mr. Walker, there's been no new progress. All four kidnappers are dead, so we can't get anything out of them. Anastasia was on medication at the time, so her memory's fuzzy and she hasn't been able to give us any good leads. It's still a cold case."

Mr. Taylor chose his words carefully. He couldn't figure out why Mr. Walker was calling him at this hour.

The real reason the case had gone cold was because Autumn had come to him privately.

Mr. Taylor always thought it was at Mr. Walker's direction, so he'd sent Jason off to Einsberg, and since the Salstrom family had dropped their charges, no one pressed for an investigation. The case just faded away, like so many unsolved ones each year.

Mr. Walker said, "Alright, thanks. I got it."

Mr. Taylor: ".

He hung up, completely baffled.

Was that a compliment? Had he done well?

It seemed his guess was right-it really had been Mr. Walker's call all along. Feeling a little proud, Mr. Taylor figured he'd finally earned some recognition. Now that the case was officially at a dead end, Mr. Walker felt a bit of relief. Without solid proof, he didn't want his worst suspicions to come true.

While Mr. Walker was still fretting about Autumn, he had no idea his wife was in someone else's s.

She'd told the housekeeper she was going

met Devin at a hotel. She couldn't resist his sweet talk, and with the regrets in her heart starting to fade, she watched Devin flit around for her and the baby she was carrying—washing fruit,

fragile kind of happiness-nothing she

Still, she wanted more.

but look down on Devin a little. The man she'd given her youth to was now

with Devin again, but she couldn't help being drawn back in. Any woman, at any age, can make a mess of

to get through her pregnancy safely. She had this feeling —it would be a girl, Julie come

Riverdale.

Southridge Estates.

Anastasia found out about Herman's plan, she was worried. "Mr. Walker's

was you

Elysian

got

to go but we stifthaven't got the permits. If

Herman said with a slight smile. “Right now, his

Autumn is

justice for you, and I mean it. I'm willing to take that gamble."

could still be fair

speaking than his phone rang. It was Dailey. "Boss, Autumn and Devin are at The Grand

surveillance-Dailey just happened to bump into

huh? Mr. Walker just left town and they're already shacked up in a

anymore, and