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.

the meal, Flossie retreated to her room, lying

from the maid, she checked

leave for the market, not to return

peaked cap, Flossie took a taxi and set off to the hospital in search

Matthew’s room and got on the

she stepped out, a pair of

“Excuse me, Miss.

is a

medical staff and relatives

to have to ask you to

hint of

silence of the floor,

other patients in

easy, and Flossie wasn’t about to

when she’d get

worried tone, Flossie declared, “I’m

you please let her know

exchanged a skeptical

concern was Matthew’s

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