Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Walter's eyes narrowed, his face a mask of calm.

He had seen David's report coming a mile away.

"Any breakthroughs?" Walter prodded.

Years of working together had given David and Walter a kind of silent shorthand. With just a few cryptic words from Walter, David could almost read his mind.

"No leads yet. The guy running the show is tied up with the Bennison family through marriage. He's actually family, not someone we can sway with cash," David explained. The case would not be such a headache otherwise.

David knew Walter had poured his heart into that case, so he tried to lift his spirits. "Just because we're stuck now doesn't mean we're out of options. I'll keep digging for something to go on!" He could not believe that everyone was in the Bennison family's pocket. People always had a price or a weak spot!

"David, now it's my turn to drop some news on you.

"Celina's been hurt."

Walter's sigh was trapped in his throat.

loss. The diamond mine case was safe only in David's

David. He had already lost Evangeline. How could he stand by

Wasn't Celina at the spa? How did she

in the hospital. "Evangeline and

How

by Celina's side in an instant, but the strange place he found himself in choked his words. The diamond mine case was a big deal,

him shipped off

cutting

out. It had been

Celina's voice.

sudden,

tied up with work that could

Gordon, could you please check on her for

with a ton on his plate. How could David ask him

He needed to know she was