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 had no idea

Einsberg Police Department


the station before Jason got called straight

waited outside, bouncing on

hurried over, wide- eyed. "Well? What happened? You're not getting

on the shoulder. "Relax. You worry too much. The boss just wanted an update. I've

wasn't telling the truth—no point scaring

digging. He'd even said

don't cross Mr. Walker, don't cross Autumn, unless you've got a death wish

into civvies and left the station, driving around the city with nowhere particular to go, Finally, he stopped in front ofthe Franco

lit a cigarette just

Herman. "Got a

Jason said. "Just left the

"Willow Teahouse," Herman replied.

about to start the engine when someone tapped on his


surprised to see

just come from her parents'. Ever since Chase broke his

and Monica stopped by every

Jason's car, hesitated a bit, then finally

down the window and straightened

"Want to come in for a

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