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They walked back to Skye's office together, and Elise, who had a meeting of her own, left after promising to bring lunch if the afternoon got too busy.
Alone again, Skye set her notebook on the desk and started unpacking the rest of what she'd brought from her apartment. Her camera manuals went onto the shelves, followed by a few personal photographs and a small collection of notebooks she'd gathered during her time at VISION.
She wanted the office to f
Chapter 133.By the time Kai and Skye got home, there was a kind of quiet because the VISION REAL launch had been a success. The guests had stayed longer than expected, the photographs had drawn plenty of attention, and the first issue had nearly sold out before the evening ended. Kevin had spent the last hour taking pictures of everyone who'd stand still long enough, and Lena had shown her engagement ring to so many people that Skye was beginning to suspect she'd need a separate album just for photographs of it. Now there were no guests, no cameras flashing, no speeches to make, and nobody waiting for Skye to approve anything. There was only their apartment.Kai loosened his tie as he walked into the living room and dropped his keys into the bowl by the entrance. Skye slipped off her shoes with a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall for a moment. "Finally," she murmured.Kai turned toward her. "Tired?""Exhausted, but I enjoyed the fact that nobody asked me questions."He smile
Chapter 132.Skye nodded, not yet trusting herself to answer.Konstantin and Anna arrived together a little later. Their arrival drew a few curious glances, but neither of them seemed to mind. Konstantin greeted Skye with a warm embrace and congratulated her on the event, and Anna took both her hands and told her how beautiful the exhibition looked. "I can see how much thought went into this," Anna said, studying the photographs. "It feels personal.""It was personal," Skye said. "I wanted people to understand how Greta saw the world."Anna smiled gently. "I think they do."Konstantin stood beside them looking at one of the larger prints. "A remarkable collection," he said. "You've given it the attention it deserved." Skye thanked him, and as she watched the two of them standing comfortably side by side, she felt grateful that the evening had brought everyone into one room without the weight of old arguments taking over.Then Lena appeared. She was dressed beautifully, her hair style
Chapter 131.Skye had discovered that grief could be terribly productive. It didn't always show up as tears or sleepless nights. Sometimes it came as an unreasonable determination to get out of bed before the alarm, answer every email, rework a layout until the smallest detail felt right, and keep going long after everyone else had gone home. Since Greta's memorial she'd poured nearly everything she had into VISION REAL, because it was easier to focus on the work than to think about the woman who should have been standing beside her, complaining about the lighting or insisting that somebody had forgotten to order enough snacks for the staff.The first issue wouldn't be what they'd originally planned. Instead of a conventional collection of polished editorial photographs, Skye wanted it to tell a story, and the story was Greta's. They'd spent days going through her archives and found hundreds of photographs she'd taken over the years and never published, almost all of them reflectio
Chapter 130.The aftermath of Adrian Keller's arrest was less dramatic. There were no grand announcements and no moment when everything suddenly felt right again, only statements to give, questions to answer, and hours spent repeating details she wished she could forget. The police wanted to know exactly what Elise had told her, what she'd seen in Greta's photograph, and whether Adrian had ever approached her directly. Kai stayed close throughout, though he was called away several times to give his own statement about the chase, and Roth, who hadn't been impressed by his decision to go after Adrian on his motorcycle, made sure he understood that before she let him leave.By the time they were finally allowed to go home, the tea in the paper cups the station had given them had gone cold. Skye stared at hers, turning it slowly between her palms."You're not drinking that, are you?" Kai asked.She looked down. "I think it's been sitting here long enough to count as evidence."He chuckle
Chapter 129.The car shot out of the alley so quickly that its rear tyres skidded against the wet pavement.Kai barely had time to register the vehicle's direction before he twisted the throttle. His motorcycle roared to life beneath him, and within seconds, he was moving, cutting through the narrow street after Adrian. Behind him, police radios crackled, sirens began to rise, and Roth's voice came through the communication channel, demanding updates from the officers already pursuing the suspect.Kai wasn't listening, all he could see was the dark car disappearing around the next corner.Adrian had escaped once. Kai wasn't going to let him disappear again.The streets of Berlin were slick from the evening rain, reflecting headlights and neon signs in long, distorted streaks. Traffic was heavier than Kai would have liked, but he knew these roads. He leaned into the first turn, slipping between two vehicles before accelerating into the open stretch ahead. A taxi honked as he passed, it
Chapter 128.The address Elise had given Detective Roth led them to an old industrial building on the eastern side of Berlin, tucked behind a row of abandoned workshops and businesses that had long since closed their doors. The place looked forgotten, its windows dark and its exterior walls stained by years of neglect. A faded sign bearing the name of a photography studio hung crookedly above the entrance, one corner of it barely attached to the wall.Adrian Keller had chosen his hiding place carefully.By the time the police arrived, the surrounding streets had been cordoned off. Two patrol vehicles blocked the main road, while officers positioned themselves near the entrances and narrow passages leading behind the building. Roth stood beside her car, speaking quietly into her radio as Behrens checked the officers' positions.Kai had arrived despite Roth's objections.He had followed the police convoy on his motorcycle, just as he had promised, and parked behind the last vehicle in t







