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Chapter 36

Author: Richard Brown
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-11-07 16:35:03

Ray’s POV

“Maya, can we talk? Just once. Over dinner.”

The words hung heavy in the air, like smoke after a fire. I didn’t expect her to say yes—not after everything. But to my surprise, her voice trembled through the phone. “Dinner? Why now, Ray?”

“Because I owe you closure,” I said, forcing calm into my tone even though my pulse raced. “No secrets. No lies this time.”

There was a long silence. I could almost hear her breathing, shallow and uneven, as if she was weighing the danger behind my words. Finally, she exhaled softly. “Fine. One dinner. After that, I’m done.”

Her words pierced deeper than I expected. After that, I’m done.

When the call ended, I sat in the dark office, my hands clenched into fists. The moonlight spilling through the blinds glowed faintly across my desk. Beside the whiskey glass lay the photo I couldn’t bring myself to throw away—Maya smiling, sunlight caught in her hair, eyes full of trust that I had destroyed.

The investigator’s words echoed in my mind: Zane
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