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“Asher,” Jean’s eyes were clear and serious. “You need to pull yourself together, cooperate with the investigation, work with Jolene. We’ll do our best to win this case without exposing that secret!”

Asher looked into Jean’s eyes, his mind replaying everything that had happened over the past few days.”

She was right. He couldn’t just sit back and wait for the worst.

He couldn’t let his mom keep worrying about him.

The boy clenched his fingers tightly and gave a silent nod.

After leaving the police station,

Jolene offered to drive Jean home herself.

“What did you two talk about?”

Jean sat in the passenger seat while Jolene casually steered the wheel, her tone light and offhand, like she wasn’t really that curious and was just making small talk.

Jean gave a vague answer. “I told him to cooperate with you.”

Jolene let out a soft laugh. “He’s not hiding something from me, is he?”

Jolene wasn’t someone you could easily fool.

She was sharp. It was only natural she’d notice something.

sounded like a joke,

already figured some

should be put out in the open… Still,

thoughtfully and

Meanwhile,

was taking Emily and Julia on a tour

relaxing, Julia’s mental state

few days, Matheo and Emily had been treating her like a princess, doing everything they could

wasn’t nearly as down as she had

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three of then planned to go boating by the

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scenery there was said to be beautiful, and Matheo had rented an entire boat just

to buy a cup of traditional yogurt on

reached the dock.

waved her over when she saw her daughter still standing by

replied, holding the yogurt cup as she prepared to

Just then-

speeding SUV suddenly came barreling down the

but there was something deliberate in the way it

coming straight at

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