To her surprise, the safe beeped and swung open.

Flossie’s emotions were a tangled web, yet she decided to leave it be.

It didn’t matter anymore.

She should’ve realized that the password was Evelyn’s birthday earlier.

Benny had always held Evelyn in a place no one else could reach.

It was only fitting that something so vital was locked behind a number laden with significance.

Upon opening the safe, Flossie glimpsed a pile of papers.

As she perused them, the outline of Benny’s actions began to take shape in her mind.

“Miss Diaz, lunch is ready.

Are you going to eat now?” The maid’s voice came from beyond the door.

Flossie restored the papers to their place, sealed the safe, and departed the study, her expression betraying nothing.

The maid, uninterested in the reasons for her emergence from the study, scurried off to ready the dining room upon hearing of Flossie’s intent to dine.

meal, Flossie retreated to her

of silence from the

was the hour the maid would leave for the market, not

cap, Flossie took a taxi and set off to

about Matthew’s room

stepped out, a pair of bodyguards halted her

“Excuse me, Miss.

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off-limits to anyone except for medical staff and relatives of

to ask you to

hint of emotion as they directed

noticed the eerie silence of the floor, except for the presence of

no other patients in

easy, and Flossie

when she’d

Flossie declared, “I’m Flossie Diaz,

know I

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main concern was

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