The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 581

Brandon headed back to West district from Zion City as dawn was just breaking.

Don, not quite at ease, tagged along all the way to Brandon's place and crashed at the Crawley family pad for a bit.

The room still looked like Sophia was there, her presence lingering in every corner. Taking in the room, the memories of Sophia flooded back, hitting Don right in the feels, just like when he was at the office. Every time he passed her empty office, or noticed her vacant seat during meetings, he felt an emptiness inside.

Now, standing in Brandon and Sophia's home, facing this stark reminder that things would never be the same, Don found it tough to wrap his head around it.

His relationship with Sophia had been nothing more than boss and employee, with a sprinkle of friendship, yet even that weighed heavy on him. He couldn't even begin to fathom how Brandon and Theresa coped with this day in, day out.

"Brandon."

Seeing Brandon also lost in a daze, staring at a corner of the room, Don gently suggested, "Maybe you should consider moving back with Theresa."

Brandon didn't turn around, and just murmured hoarsely, "What if she comes back and can't find us?"

Don fell silent. He wasn't under any illusion that Brandon was talking about Sophia coming back to life.

It was the fear that, if by some chance her spirit did return, it wouldn't be able to find him and Theresa.

Feeling a lump in his throat, Don found himself at a loss for words, simply patting Brandon's shoulder silently.

"You head back; I'm alright," Brandon said in a raspy voice.

Don threw a concerned glance at Brandon but left him be.

Brandon's gaze had now shifted to Theresa, who was sound asleep in the bedroom, clutching the teddy bear Sophia had given her, curled up tightly, her face and body pressed against the teddy bear.

Though she was sleeping, her little brow was furrowed with unease.

usually sound sleeper slowly opened her eyes, still groggy from sleep, and instinctively looked behind

and patting her shoulder,

"Okay."

mumbled in response, gripping Brandon's hand, and drifted

not pulling away, just quietly watching her as she

his grip on reality again. He

a day at home, keeping

whisked him off to the police station to be grilled by

and his underling Gordon, along with trading records and chat logs as proof that Dennis was indeed involved in the plot to frame Starlight Group by harming the

the guy dead to rights, all evidence accounted for. Dennis got nabbed

to slip away in the crowds at the hotel, aiming for the airport to flee the country, but Brandon's people had them under

wanted to be, but Brandon's

was supposed to be

before, when Brandon had tied her up and thrown her into the river, it

during the first dunk, and then got chucked straight into

head on

Marian too, but he couldn't just leave her for dead. If she croaked, Brandon couldn't escape blame, so he sucked it up and got her

injuries weren't severe, but the mental scars ran deeper. After that night, she looked worn out and shrunken, eyes wide with terror

do with offing Sophia. No matter how scared she was of Brandon, Marian knew

she had covered her tracks perfectly, just leveraging a coincidence to enact her plan on top of Dennis's, and even the

feet in the hospital when Brandon's people hauled her

Dennis and Gordon getting carted away by the cops, and her face went ghostly

The cops, spotting her, took her

he didn't have a shred

separately, both of them denied her involvement, which indirectly made

trying to save Nell. From the traces at the scene and what the eyewitnesses