Chapter 1032


Hanna called Riley in a hurry.

Riley was on a train, heading out of town for who knew how long. He blinked at Hanna's name lighting up his screen-surprised, a little nervous. "H-Hanna? W- what's going on?"

"You were with Rowan this morning, sorting out Asher's affairs," Hanna said, her voice tight. "Did he say anything to you? Was he acting strange at all?"

Riley thought it over. "No, not really. Rowan gave me a hundred grand and told me to take a break. He said Willow Lake was beautiful, so... that's where I'm headed." His voice was timid, uncertain.

Riley had spent years under Asher's wing. He'd always been the quiet type, never the one pulling strings-just a loyal helper, always in the background. Asher's death had rattled him. To the world, Asher was a villain, but to Riley, he'd been a guide a mentor, even.

"He told you to go to Willow Lake?" Hanna asked, surprised. "Nothing else?"

"Nope, that was it. Rowan gave everyone some severance money and left." Riley hesitated. "Hanna, is something wrong?"

"It's nothing," Hanna said, ending it there.

Rowan had wrapped everything up-let Asher's crew go, handed over the last of the money. So what was left for him now?

Just one thing.

Turning himself in.

he had left to

him. She knew it wouldn't

her and sobbed, the kind of crying that shakes your whole body. Maybe, if she'd said yes to strolling along Willow Lake with him, he would've waited a


last show of care, his final

enough, just as Hanna suspected,

to killing the four men who'd kidnapped Anastasia in that mountain

the one to take his statement. If not, he wasn't saying a

The case had been out of his hands for a while now, the culprit just walked in and

Rowan didn't stop there he dragged Autumn's name

the mastermind behind

officer and

had even met in secret; Rowan laid out all the evidence

do you

was the mayor's wife, after all. With stakes this high, Jason couldn't make a wrong move. He didn't have the authority to just

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