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.

use what little he had left to do something for

stop him. She knew it

her and sobbed, the kind of crying that shakes your whole body. Maybe, if she'd said yes to strolling


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Hanna suspected, Rowan

confessed to killing the four men who'd kidnapped

Crestwood, found Jason, and insisted that Jason be the one to take his statement. If not, he wasn't

was floored. The case had been out of his hands for a while now, the culprit just walked in and gave himself

he dragged

Autumn was the mastermind

a former prison officer and Autumn's old friend, was the

even met in secret;

reeling. "Rowan, do you

all. With stakes this high, Jason couldn't make a wrong move. He didn't have the authority to

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