Too late for a second chance (Lila and Dorian)

The staff member gave Lila a quick once-over before his expression shifted to a more serious one. "Which case are you referring to?"

Lila answered, "The car accident involving Henry Hart and his wife 12 years ago."

He seemed to recognize the case but didn't say much after some thought. "You should talk to Officer Rob. He was in charge of the investigation and would know more."

Lila felt confused but accepted the address he had written down. "Officer, do you remember anything else about this case?"

"When the accident happened, I had just started here. From what I remember, it caused quite a stir at the time. But I wasn't involved in the investigation, so I don't know the details."

He paused, his expression softening as he looked at Lila. "I didn't expect you to have grown up so much. How have you been all these years?"

Lila hadn't expected him to remember her. A wave of emotion hit her, and she nodded silently, and they left it at that.

...

After leaving the police station, Lila made her way to Rob's home.

Her parents' car accident had been ruled an accidental death, but how could something like that have caused such a stir?

When she arrived at Rob's house, he happened to be home. After she explained her reason for visiting, he was initially surprised, but soon his gaze softened.

He asked his family to step out for a while, leaving just him and Lila in the living

room.

recalled the case. "The brakes failed, causing the car to go off the mountain road,

leaked, causing an explosion, which made it impossible to determine if the brakes had

frowned. "So, what was

"I revisited the investigation several times

no matter how hard we tried, we

stiffened. "I remember clearly that my

took my mother out. His phone wasn't

Shortly after the accident, there was

silent at his

was too

long pause, Rob spoke again. "Kid, as a police officer, I should never let the truth stay buried. But for you, it might

Despite being under 60, his hair

if each word was carefully chosen, like a clock

were taken in by someone after. From the looks of it, you've been doing well. If that's the case, there's no need to

knowing the truth isn't

know how to respond. If the Morgan family had something to do with her parents' deaths, what was she supposed to do

parents

didn't catch most of Rob's comforting words after that. She simply nodded absent-mindedly before leaving in

sitting in her

Kieran's call

are you

with a

deep breath, focused on driving, and returned to