로그인The officer contacted Anthony again concerning the case.Anthony sat quietly as the call came through.He looked at the screen for a few seconds before answering.“Hello.”“Mr Lead, I need to speak with you concerning the ongoing investigation.”Anthony leaned back.“What investigation?”“The case involving your wife, Ren, and the men who were kidnapped during your wedding.”Anthony paused.“I told you before. I don't remember anything.”“We understand that, but there are still some things we need to clarify.”Anthony rubbed his forehead.“I can't help you if I don't remember.”The officer remained silent for a moment.“Are you sure you haven't remembered anything at all?”“No.”Anthony ended the call.The moment the call disconnected, the blank expression disappeared from his face.He reached for another phone and dia
“So Adrian, we are married and expecting a child in less than four weeks and still don't trust me? You think I will go back to Anthony?”“No Valerie, it's not as you think.”“Gosh, you're so unbelievable.”“No Valerie, let me explain.”“To think I share the same bed with a man who doesn't trust me or even know me.”She walked away before Adrian could answer.“Babe, please, listen to me.”Adrian followed her into the bedroom, but she had already locked the door.“Valerie, Valerie, babe please let me in, let's talk about this please. It's not what you think.”She didn't answer him.Adrian rested his forehead against the door.“Babe, please.”Still nothing came from inside.After several minutes, Valerie's mother appeared at the end of the hallway.Adrian turned toward her.“Please talk to her.”“Give her a little time. She will come out o
It had been six weeks since everything started.Six weeks since the investigation into Ren's death had been reopened.Six weeks since the detectives had begun digging into the old kidnapping case involving the men who had disappeared after Anthony and Ren's wedding.The police had gone through old evidence, questioned witnesses again and followed every lead they could find.Eventually, their investigation led them back to one person.Dianne.That morning, a detective walked into the prison carrying a thick brown file.He was escorted through the prison corridors until he reached the visiting area.Dianne was already seated behind the glass.She looked different from the woman who had once ruled the Lead family with an iron fist.Her eyes were empty.Her face carried no expression.The detective sat opposite her."Good day ma'am."She didn't respond.
Anthony followed Collin into the farm truck.The moment he settled into the passenger seat, Collin started the engine and drove away from the hospital.Anthony looked through the window.“Where exactly are we going?”“You'll see.”Anthony frowned.“That’s not an answer.”The smooth hospital road soon disappeared behind them.The road became narrower, then rougher.The truck bounced over a deep pothole.Anthony’s head hit the side of the seat.“Ah!”Collin glanced at him.“You okay?”“No!”Another pothole sent the truck bouncing again.Anthony grabbed the handle above the door.“What kind of road is this?”“Our road.”“You’re telling me this is the road you use every day?”“Yes.”Anthony stared at him.“You’ve got to be joking.”Collin chuckled.Anthony tried to adju
Adrian sat across from the detectives, his hands clasped together on the table.The detective pushed a file toward him.“We need to discuss something important with you.”Adrian looked at the file.“What is this about?”The detective opened it.“The kidnapping case involving your wife and Anthony.”Adrian's expression changed.“You said who?”“I said Mrs. Dianne was responsible for the kidnap of your wife and step brother and I also think that she's the reason for the sudden disappearance.”Adrian stared at him.“No, that can't be true?”“Yes it is true me, Adrian.”The detective pulled out a tablet and turned the screen toward him.“Here is the CCTV footage of her and the kidnappers, and also we went to their house and their parents showed us this bag.”He bent down, picked up a designer bag from the floor and handed it to Adrian.Adri
The prison visiting room was almost empty.Anthony walked through the security checkpoint without saying a word.The guard checked his identification, searched him, and pointed toward the visiting area.“Five minutes.”Anthony didn't respond.He walked inside.Behind the thick glass, Dianne was brought out by a prison warden.She looked thinner than he remembered.Her hair was no longer neatly styled, and the expensive clothes she once wore had been replaced by the plain prison uniform.She sat down slowly.Anthony took the seat opposite her.For a few seconds, neither of them spoke.But Dianne finally broke the silence."Someone finally remembered he has a mother"."So you were to busy to attend my last court trial right or you were too emotional?"Anthony didn't answer her instead,He placed the brown envelope on the table.H
Valerie did not sleep.She lay beside Anthony in the dark of their apartment bedroom, her eyes tracking the slow crawl of shadows across the ceiling while his breathing deepened into the heavy, untroubled rhythm of a man with a clean conscience.Which was remarkable, she thought, given that he had
Valerie read the message three times.Each time, the words arranged themselves the same way, clean, deliberate, stripped of anything accidental. Whoever sent it had chosen every word with precision. Not I know what you did. Not I'm watching you.I know what you're planning.Present tense. Active. A
The morning after her wedding, Valerie woke up before Anthony.She lay still for exactly thirty seconds, staring at the ceiling of the hotel suite, listening to his breathing beside her, slow and even and completely unaware.Then she rose without a sound, wrapped herself in the robe hanging behind
Adrian Lead was still watching her.Valerie felt his gaze on the side of her face the way you feel sunlight through glass, present, warm, slightly probing. She kept her eyes on the window, on the darkening sky beyond it, and worked to slow her breathing down to something that did not resemble a wom







