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CHAPTER 26: THE FIRST CLUE
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“Are you leaving already?”Emma stood at the bedroom door, watching Damien adjust the cuff of his shirt.He glanced at her through the mirror.“I have a meeting.”“You said that yesterday.”“I had meetings yesterday too.”Emma folded her arms.“You really do work too much.”Damien turned around.“And what would you like me to do instead?”She thought for a moment.“Spend one day doing nothing.”“Nothing?”“Yes.”Damien raised an eyebrow.“You’re asking me to sit around all day?”“I’m asking you to take a break.”He studied her face.“You’ve thought about this.”“Maybe.”A small smile appeared on his lips.“And what exactly would this day look like?”Emma smiled.“I don’t know yet.”“That sounds like a dangerous plan.”She laughed.“You don’t have to agree.”Damien walked toward her.“I didn’t say I disagreed.”Emma looked surprised.“You’re serious?”“Yes.”He reached for her hand.“Tell me what you want to do.”Emma looked at their joined hands before meeting his eyes.“I want to spe
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“Mr. Blackwood, I found something.”Daniel’s voice was calm, but the seriousness in it immediately caught Damien’s attention.Damien looked up from the documents on his desk.“What did you find?”Daniel placed a folder in front of him.“I went back through the footage from the day your grandfather was attacked. I also checked the cameras around the surrounding roads.”Damien opened the folder.Several photographs were inside.The first showed the road where the incident had taken place.The second showed a dark SUV.Damien studied it carefully.“This is the vehicle?”“I believe so.”“You believe?”“The footage isn’t clear enough to confirm the plate number. But the vehicle appears in three different locations that day.”Damien looked at the next photograph.“Where?”Daniel pointed to each picture.“Here, near the road leading to your grandfather’s property. Then here, about ten minutes before the attack. And finally, here.”Damien looked at the last photograph.“Westbridge.”“Yes.”Si
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