Chapter 607

They always harped on about how she should cool her temper and be nicer to those with clout, maybe even suck up to them a bit.

At first, Nevaeh would talk back, but after a while, she just turned them out. It never stopped her from ticking off the big shots again.

Standing still, Nevaeh gazed toward the villa. After a brief pause, she fished her phone out of her pocket, dialed a number, and said, "Hey, you at the precinct? Can you do me a solid and look someone up? Yeah, a guy named Liam. Right, I need the full scoop on him, and I need it today!"

...

Meanwhile, at the charred remains of the villa.

The fire started at night, and since the villa was in a sparsely populated suburb, it went unnoticed until morning when a sanitation worker stumbled upon it and called it in.

Firefighters extinguished the flames and were sifting through the debris for any victims. That's when they found two bodies, burnt beyond recognition.

Liam stood by the remains, his gaze fixed on the scorched figu