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Chapter 113: The Long Way Home
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The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 113: The Long Way Home
Rainwater still clung to the acacia leaves when Bethwel entered the command centre shortly after seven.The faded receipt lay exactly where he had left it.Alex was already awake, seated by the window with Daniel Waore's notebook open before him."You didn't sleep," Bethwel observed.Alex smiled faintly."I slept.""You just woke up before everyone else."Bethwel wasn't convinced."You've been thinking about the receipt."Alex nodded."Not the receipt.""The sentence."He slid the small piece of paper across the table.Never trust the shortest route home."It doesn't sound like directions.""It sounds like a habit."Bethwel remained silent.Alex continued."If Daniel Waore wanted to remind himself about a road...""...he would've written the road.""So you think it's metaphorical?""I think it's both."By eight o'clock, the entire team had gathered.Ezekiel projected a detailed digital map of Nakuru County onto the wall."These are the known routes between Waore Holdings, Daniel Waore
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Rain had washed Nakuru clean overnight.The hills surrounding Black Ridge shimmered beneath the early morning sun, while pools of water reflected the pale sky like broken mirrors.Inside the command centre, Bethwel was already awake.Not because he had slept well.Because something had refused to let him sleep at all.He stood before the timeline Alex had constructed.For nearly ten minutes...He said nothing.Alex entered carrying a notebook."You found something."Bethwel smiled."I found something missing."Alex looked at the board."What?"Bethwel pointed between two dates."Almost every major event has witnesses."He moved his finger slowly."Except one.""The hours before Daniel Waore vanished."Silence settled over the room.Alex leaned closer."We know where he was the previous evening.""We know where his vehicle was later recovered."Bethwel nodded."But we still don't know...""...how he spent the missing hours."Naomi joined them carrying an evidence file."The fuel receip
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