The CEO's Amazing Ex-Wife Is Back! by H. Dally

Chapter 194

Chapter 194

All three women stared anxiously at the lawyer, waiting for his response to Thalassa's question.

Mr. Baelish shook his head. "No, I'm not saying she will be released. The evidence is enough to bring the case to court, which is already damaging, but we'll need something stronger to convict her. We need to link her directly to the more serious crimes-drug and human trafficking. What happened to the evidence you mentioned two days ago?"

Thalassa's expression hardened as she recalled the sinking feeling she'd had when she found the safe empty. "I don't know how, but Linda found out what I was planning, and she had the evidence removed from the safe before I could get to it."

The lawyer raised an eyebrow. "Had' it removed?"

"Yes," Thalassa nodded, her voice firm. "From the way the safe was left open, it looked like whoever took it was in a hurry. The evidence was cleared minutes before I went into the room. Linda couldn't have done

it herself-she was at the party downstairs the entire time. So were her sister and her daughter, Susan. She must have had someone else do it for her."

Rita's face fell, her eyes filling with sadness. She glanced at Thalassa and asked softly, "Do you...Do you think it was... Karen?"

Seeing the guilt in Rita's eyes, Thalassa could tell she was ready to blame herself for Karen's actions. Gently, she placed her hand over the older woman's.

"It could be her, but I can't be sure," Thalassa answered honestly. "When Karen was arrested, she was ready to expose Linda to save herself. They might be sticking together now, but I doubt there's any real trust between them. Linda wouldn't risk giving such damning evidence to Karen."

Luisa frowned. "If not Karen, then who else?"

"Hey, you have visitors," an officer announced.

the bars of her holding cell, her eyes filled

hadn't slept all night, refusing to lay on the filthy, disease-ridden bed. Instead, she stood

come to see her, a smile spread across

night at the party, Linda had received a text from one of her contacts that someone was snooping into her past. Immediately, she knew Thalassa was involved, realizing why she

herself to retrieve the evidence without arousing suspicion, so she'd instructed Susan to do it for her, giving her the code to the wall and safe. "Mum, oh mum." Susan croaked

Linda

unfair. You don't deserve to be here,

promise." Linda nodded vigorously, then leaned closer and spoke in a hushed voice. "You didn't take a look

head, her expression innocent. "You asked me not to open

once I'm out of here." Linda reassured her, casting a cautious glance

"Of course, anything."

soon as possible." Linda had hoped to use the evidence to blackmail her way out of trouble, but with the police closing in, it was too dangerous to keep

nodded eagerly. "Okay. I'll tell Karen

you mean by you'll tell

the corridor. "Because the bag

heart skipped a beat, her eyes widening in disbelief as she looked at her daughter. "Why would you give it to her?" she demanded, her voice rising before

in her room, so I gave the bag to her to hide it. I couldn't just let the cops take you away.

bars tightly, fighting the urge to slap her daughter across the face. How could she

me alone." she

"But mum, I just-"

leave us alone, Susan," Linda hissed,

turned

Karen greeted