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Chapter 84: The Moment the Silence Breaks

Author: Iris Bloom
last update publish date: 2026-04-21 01:18:10

The officer stepped forward, placing a file on the table between them, though he did not open it immediately, did not reveal its contents, because the weight of what it contained was not in the paper itself, but in the words that would follow.

“There’s been a development in your case,” he said.

Mark said nothing. But his gaze held steady. Unblinking.

“Go on,” he said quietly.

The officer exhaled once, measured, and controlled.

“We have a new witness,” he said.

And just like that, something shif
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