ex

d Bella

nd her, leaving me a

seconds, I

ad sa

gining this moment, I sh

something far

li

the tho

n't abou

't abou

wasn't about ge

about r

e window and looke

with people who had no idea how much

almost this exact spot and watch

red the p

ccusa

head

counts froz

tors walk

ed the man he had trusted most had

rd La

's fa

trusted him

idence prove

that's what w

eight years

nsistencies be

hings a

n that didn'

e that loo

had been altered after t

ano

anot

d been ver

care

yed our families hadn

created

one had b

udin

way from t

hone

le

rc

ccepted,

ilence on t

re se

es

ually as

d

he sai

es

exhaled

asier than

wasn

happ

ked que

alway

ost s

mo

ccess to the

you a

es

hy

s exactly wher

silent fo

sure abo

folder Bella h

vestigate

u'll wa

es

he finds

xactly what

didn't

at he was

arned me

become more than

ight los

s didn't

ady lost c

year

ke the same m

age announcement

w s

mor

went

mor

es

press will

t t

suddenly decided to marry Isab

t need to

Bel

rn how to h

ave a qu

tend to go thr

ake empty

. "You make d

all e

my pho

turned to

was marrying me t

iving her access bec

dn't know

e original investigation

Ma

Et

o

ade three days be

ough an account that belonge

closed before investi

had forgotte

transaction

exactly w

er beneath my desk and r

he original

udie

nt had been erased fr

information to identify t

ng for the person

lla wa

had a reason to believe

ed the

I sto

t I didn't want

a was tellin

ther really ha

d spent eight years hat

eight years trying to forget had

w tig

o

t think l

t

had destroy

who had created it, I

ven B

ially

back to t

y, she was probably thin

whether she had mad

e thing f

ha

was walking into my li

a she was walk

me, I inten