The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 832

At the café, I glanced across at the woman and asked, "What's your name?"

She was sipping on boba tea. When she heard me, she quickly set it down and replied, "I'm Sage Turner. I was in the ward next to yours."

"How did you know I was harmed?" I asked.

Sage took a deep breath, then lowered her gaze. "Honestly, I should be the one apologizing to you."

I was puzzled. "Why would you need to apologize to me?"

Instead of responding, Sage kept her head down and slid her phone toward me. The screen displayed a voice recording app.

I hit play and heard Jessica talking to someone. "I need you to bypass the security cameras and pour oil in that spot. Did you hear that?"

The other person sounded unsure. "It's going to be a pain to clean up if we do that. People will definitely notice something's wrong!"

Jessica's voice got sharper. "Don't overdo it—just enough so someone steps on it and slips, and it's easy for you to clean up later. Got it?"

other person

in some extra cash," Jessica

gave in. "Fine. Anything else

She's way too cautious. She'll totally turn us down if we ask her directly,

like they were torn between being impressed and uncomfortable. "That's pretty shady, you

this happen? I've been waiting forever for this moment. I'm done sitting

recording cut

down,

as she said, "I meant to tell you right away I followed her to your ward and figured out who you were. I was

it was a false alarm. She started feeling better soon after.

feeling guilty about it ever since. I tried

but they said you'd already checked out. I asked for your contact info, but

married to Zane and working at his company. That's how I finally found

all that Sage had

I was really