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Chapter 80: The Weight of the Dead
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The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 163: The Man Who Left No Record
Inspector Bethwel Kanda watched the security footage for the fourth time.The man appeared at 5:42 a.m., emerging from the records corridor with his head lowered and a brown envelope tucked beneath his arm. He wore a dark jacket, a cap, and gloves. He walked past the administrative offices without looking at the cameras.At 5:46 a.m., he disappeared through a side exit.Four minutes.That was all he had needed to move through a police station and leave behind a message that could change the direction of an investigation.“Pause it,” Alex said.Bethwel froze the image.“What do you see?”Alex leaned towards the monitor. “His right shoulder sits lower than his left. Look at the way he carries the envelope. He's compensating for something.”“An injury?”“Possibly. Or a habit. We shouldn't turn a posture into an identification.”Patricia stood behind them, her arms wrapped around herself. The call about Glen still echoed in her mind.You should be asking why they needed him.She had spent
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 162: The Evidence That Refused to Fit
By six in the morning, Inspector Bethwel Kanda had three conflicting documents on his desk, two unanswered calls from the forensic team, and a photograph that threatened to dismantle everything they thought they knew.He had not slept.Neither had Patricia.She stood beside Alex in the small interview room at Nakuru County Police Station, staring at an enlarged copy of the photograph recovered from the vehicle. Daniel Waore stood beside a younger Ruth. Behind them was a building whose sign had been scratched away, leaving only a few letters.The date on the photograph matched the night Patricia had been transferred.That was the part she could not escape.“If this is genuine,” Bethwel said, “then Daniel was connected to Ruth before the transfer. But we still don't know what the connection was.”“Or whether the date is genuine,” Alex added.Bethwel looked at him.“You think someone changed it?”“I think someone wants us to accept the date before we establish where the photograph came f
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 161: The Night Number One Was Chosen
Patricia turned the photograph over again.Daniel's signature remained unmistakable.Beneath it, the date stared back at her—the night she had been transferred from Grace's care.For several seconds, she could not speak.“Are you certain this is genuine?” she asked Bethwel.“The photograph is being examined. The signature hasn't been authenticated yet.”“Then we don't treat it as proof.”“Exactly.”Alex took a closer look without touching the evidence sleeve.“Whoever placed this in the vehicle wanted us to connect Daniel to the transfer.”“Or wanted us to believe he was responsible for Number One's selection,” Patricia replied.Rose had said nothing.Patricia turned to her.“Did you see Daniel that night?”Rose stared at the photograph.“Yes.”“Where?”“At the clinic.”“You told us you took me out of there.”“I did.”“And Daniel was present?”Rose nodded.Patricia's throat tightened.“Why didn't you tell me earlier?”“Because I didn't know what he was doing there. He arrived after th
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 160: The Hand That Numbered Them
Patricia read the message again.But you still don't know who gave her the number.She locked her phone and slipped it into her pocket.For once, she refused to let an anonymous sender dictate her next move.“Inspector, I want the vehicle examined before anyone touches anything else.”Bethwel nodded to the forensic officer. “Photograph the interior, collect every item separately, and check for fingerprints. Nobody assumes that the blood belongs to Mercy until the laboratory confirms it.”Patricia glanced at the stained gauze.“Could it belong to the person who drove the vehicle?”“Possibly,” Bethwel replied. “Or someone else entirely.”Alex stood beside the open rear door, studying the floor.“Look at the dust.”Several narrow streaks crossed the floor mat. One ended near a metal bracket beneath the seat.“Something heavy was dragged out,” he observed.Bethwel crouched beside him.“Could have been a person.”“Or a container.”Patricia looked toward the medical vehicle. Mercy remained
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 159: The Name Beneath the Name
The convoy reached the old railway warehouses twelve minutes later.Patricia had spent every second staring at her phone, waiting for another message. None came.That frightened her more than the messages themselves.Whoever was directing them had been unusually generous with warnings. Now that Mercy had been found, the silence felt deliberate.Bethwel stepped out first.“Two officers at every entrance. Nobody moves Mercy without my authorization.”A uniformed officer hurried toward him.“Inspector, she's inside the medical vehicle. Conscious, but distressed.”“Has she been examined?”“Yes. The medical officer is checking her injuries.”Patricia was already moving.“Where is she?”The officer pointed toward an ambulance parked beneath a broken security light.Inside, Mercy lay on a stretcher, a blanket covering her legs. Her left shoulder had been bandaged, and a faint bruise darkened her cheek. A female officer sat beside her while a medical officer checked her pulse.Mercy turned he
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 158: The Woman Who Knew
Patricia stood frozen beside the cracked wall.The woman's whisper still echoed in her mind.Not yet, Patricia.Alex moved closer.“Patricia?”She didn't answer.Her eyes were fixed on the narrow passage where the black file had disappeared.Bethwel raised his flashlight.“Everyone, stay back.”Rose didn't move.She was staring at the darkness with an expression Patricia had never seen on her face before.Fear.Not suspicion.Not caution.Fear.“You know her,” Patricia said.Rose shook her head.“I know what she is capable of.”“That's not an answer.”“No.”Rose looked at Patricia.“It isn't.”Patricia stepped toward her.“Then give me one.”Rose took a slow breath.“Number One isn't the person I thought she was.”Alex frowned.“You just said she was alive.”“She is.”“Then what changed?”Rose looked toward the tunnel.“She knows us.”Patricia's heart tightened.“She knows me.”“Yes.”“How?”Rose hesitated.“Because she knew you before you knew yourself.”Patricia stared at her.“What
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 5: The Lies Beneath
The rest of the afternoon passed in silence.Patricia and Alison remained parked several blocks away, watching Alex's car disappear into Nakuru traffic.Neither of them spoke immediately.Both were trying to make sense of what they had witnessed.The affair was real.That much was no longer in doub
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 4: The Woman in Red
Patricia barely slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the photograph.Alex.Smiling.Holding another woman.The image had burned itself into her memory.By dawn, the rain had stopped, leaving Nakuru wrapped in a blanket of mist. The cool morning air drifted through the cracked kitchen wind
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 3: The First Discrepancy
Natasha did not leave the hospital.Hours passed.Dawn slowly crept over Atlanta, painting the sky in shades of pale orange and gray, but she remained seated beside Malia's bed.Her sister still hadn't regained consciousness.Every beep from the monitor felt like a countdown.To what, Natasha didn'
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 2: The Message That Changed Everything
Patricia stared at the glowing phone screen.The message refused to disappear.I miss you Then the second one.When will you tell your wife the truth?Outside, thunder rolled across the skies of Nakuru, shaking the windows of the small house.Her hands trembled.No.There had to be an explanation.
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