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.

her room, Autumn's mind spun in circles. She

Einsberg Police Department


the station before Jason

bouncing on his

while before finally coming out. Hank hurried over, wide- eyed. "Well?

boss just wanted an update. I've got

wasn't telling the truth—no point scaring

chief's message had been clear as day: stop digging. He'd even said outright that Rowan was just trying to

cross Autumn, unless you've got a death wish for your

into civvies and left the station, driving around the city with nowhere particular to go, Finally,

in his car, Jason lit a cigarette just as

"Got a

"Just left the station. Tell me

"Willow Teahouse," Herman replied.

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


to see Monica

come from her parents'. Ever

and Monica stopped

hesitated a bit, then finally

the window

her head. "Want to come

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