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.

Flossie retreated to her

assured of silence from the maid, she

the hour the maid would leave for the market, not to return for an hour

peaked cap, Flossie took a taxi and set off

inquired about Matthew’s room and got on the

a pair of bodyguards halted

“Excuse me, Miss.

a VIP

to anyone except for medical staff and

going to have to ask you

impeccably trained, offering no hint of emotion as

of the floor, except for the presence of

other patients

here hadn’t been easy, and Flossie wasn’t about

she’d get another

Flossie declared, “I’m Flossie

please let her know I have something urgent to

bodyguards exchanged a

concern was

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