Chapter 519 Inquiring About the Case Progress

Patrick scooped up little Theodore, "Alright, buddy, Daddy's gotta head to work. Try not to snooze too much, okay?" Theodore snuggled into Patrick's chest, letting out a big yawn.

Patrick gave Theodore's cheek a gentle stroke, "You can catch some Z's in the morning, no worries."

Morning rolled around, and Noah hit up Vera on video call, "Where's Theodore at?"

"He's asleep," Vera replied.

Noah just said, "Later."

Not long after, Susan wanted a video call too.

Molly, worn out from studying, also video-called Vera. Later, Vera posted on her feed, [Theodore's knocked out.]

Finally, the calls stopped.

Around noon, Sebastian skipped lunch at the police station. Sam knocked on his door, "Hey, we're getting takeout. You want anything?"

"Nah, I'm heading back to the hotel. Molly's waiting for me," Sebastian said.

With just a quick break, Sebastian rushed back to the hotel and took Molly out for lunch.

He'd been up late the night before, so when they got back to the hotel at noon, he crashed for a nap.

When he woke up, Molly was snoozing next to him.

As he left, Sebastian gently tucked her in, adjusted her position, and slipped out quietly.

Back at the station, Sebastian headed straight to Ernest's office. "Got any updates?"

frustrated, scratched his head, "You're the sixth

squinted, "Who else has

Shawn, and

Sebastian decided to

it. Everyone knows Molly's your sister. She's a suspect, and

yet," Sebastian said, hinting

fire. There were a bunch of kitchen utensils inside. The victim said she bought them recently to cook for Ellie. They've been sent for analysis, and they weren't the cause of the fire. Some fragments from the scene are still being analyzed, which will take

in the hospital, are

useful from them. We still gotta wait for the analysis

at the photos, Sebastian asked, "What

road outside. Nothing useful there," Ernest said, shaking his

"Let

Chase, isn't your

at him, "If you don't want Patrick breathing down your neck, you'd

two hours in Ernest's office

own office, he pulled out his personal phone and called

night, Sebastian was swamped with work and

later it got, the more anxious Molly became. "Sebastian, are you coming back tonight?

calm her down, "I'll be back, promise. How could I leave you alone here? Don't worry, keep all the lights on and don't open the door for anyone. I've got the room

but you should try to get some sleep," Sebastian

up for

Sebastian chuckled, "Alright, alright."

Molly was on the other end

was wrapping up, and before heading out, Sebastian swung by Ernest's office

dreaded his phone ringing and seeing

on the analysis?" Sebastian

being rushed. I'll let you know as soon as we

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