the Walker family

After Jason left, Autumn sat frozen, her face drained of all color. She couldn't bring herself to look Mr. Walker in the eye. She knew exactly what pushed his buttons and this was it.

Before she could figure out how to explain, Mr. Walker spoke first. "Go upstairs and get some rest. Don't overthink it. I'll have someone look into what happened."

Autumn bit her lip, hesitating. "Mr. Walker..."

"If you didn't do anything wrong, nobody can pin this on you. I'll get to the bottom of it," he said, though even he sounded uncertain. He'd just called Mr. Taylor, and now the case was stuck in limbo.

He wanted to pretend everything was fine, to shove all his doubts down deep and forget about them.

But Rowan's confession had pulled Autumn into the mess. If this blew up any further, it'd be impossible to contain.

Mr. Walker wasn't worried about his own career-he was far more anxious about Autumn's safety.

In the end, Autumn kept her mouth shut.

While Mr. Walker was defending her just now, the thought of divorce flashed

through Autumn's mind. Maybe that was the only way not to drag Mr. Walker down with her.

He'd worked almost thirty years to get to where he was. Autumn couldn't bear the thought of ruining his future.

mind spun in circles. She had no idea

Einsberg Police Department


barely set foot in the station

bouncing on

a long while before finally coming out. Hank hurried over,

shoulder. "Relax. You worry too much. The boss just wanted an update. I've got plans tonight,

telling the truth—no point scaring Hank, who spooked easily

day: stop digging. He'd even said outright that Rowan was just trying to smear

cross Autumn, unless you've got a

and left the station, driving around the city with nowhere particular to

lit a cigarette just as his phone

was Herman. "Got

the station. Tell

"Willow Teahouse," Herman replied.

the call ended, Jason was about to start the engine when someone tapped on


to see Monica

Ever since Chase broke his leg, Abby

looking after him, and Monica

car, hesitated

the window and straightened up.

head. "Want to come in

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