“By the way, have we gotten anything back about Linda’s accident?” Maisie got to the point because she almost forgot about it. Nolan got up, walked to the desk, and took out a file. “Linda’s workplace, including the clients she had and her boss, all the information is in here.”Maisie walked over, took the file, and flipped through it. Just as she suspected, the place she had been working at had an illegal backing. It was impossible that Linda didn’t know about it. If she weren’t a willing participant, she should’ve gone to see Maisie when she noticed something was off.Nolan sat on his leather seat. “I’ve asked Tanner to check it out. Coincidentally, that loan company had dealings with his first love.”Maisie paused before she continued going through the information. “Illegal loans, forced ‘naked loans’, exploiting employees. How could a company like this not have been investigated?”Nolan chuckled. “No one did before this, but it’s happening now.”…The loan company was surro
Maisie looked at Mr. Donovan’s expressions because one could tell a lie through that. Even though he looked very emotional and anxious, his eyes didn’t avert. He was just explaining because he didn’t want to suddenly be linked to a murder.The police officers left the interrogation room and looked at Nolan, “Mr. Goldmann, I don’t think they caused the accident.”Nolan spoke to him for a bit, and then he brought Mr. Donoval out when Maisie suddenly walked forward. “Hold on.”The police officer and Mr. Donovan both looked toward her.Maisie walked to him. “When you met Linda, what did she say to you?”Mr. Donovan paused, looked at the police officer, and then replied, “I asked her to pay the penalty as soon as possible, and she agreed.”“Did you remove her SIM?” Maisie asked. He took a deep breath, almost out of patience. “Why would I do that? I didn’t think she would have the guts to call the police on me.”“That’s all then.” After Maisie said that, the police officer took him
Nolan chuckled, hugged Maisie by her shoulder, and took the paper. “I can, but…” He leaned in closer, “I want a reward.”Maisie looked at Quincy through the corner of her eyes. “Don’t look.”Quincy quietly looked out the window. “I won’t, but you need to make it quick. I need to drive.”Maisie kissed Nolan on his lips which made him flash a big smile, and pulled her back in for a deeper kiss.After a minute, she pulled back with her face fully blushing and cleared her throat. “Quincy, you can drive now.”Quincy sighed. He shouldn’t have stayed in the car.Nolan picked up the laptop and opened an app while Maisie leaned closer to look, putting her head closer to his body. Seeing how this hairy thing was blocking his eyesight, he helplessly smiled and pressed her head onto his chest. “Don’t look too close. It’s bad for your eyes.”Maisie blinked and looked up at him. “I know, I’m just curious…”Nolan rarely used his hacking skills, and it had been a few years since the previous t
“Was I wrong?” Colton was annoyed. “You’re going to watch a movie during the weekend. I hope you don’t complain about him not treating you like a friend.”When Nollace had left her, she had cried to him and said that he never treated her like a friend.“You—” Daisie was so angry she could no longer eat, so she got up and stomped upstairs.Colton continued sitting there and finished his food.Maisie looked helpless, so she threw a rib into his bowl. “You should stop teasing her.”“I will,” Colton lazily replied. “I don’t want her not to learn from her past. She can’t just keep getting attached to every boy she meets. We don’t know if the men have bad intentions.”He didn’t like Zephir because he could see there was something off about him. His sister couldn’t see it.Maisie was surprised.Nolan, who was quiet, couldn't help but laugh. “It’s great that Colton is trying to protect his sister.”Maisie suddenly asked, “Daisie is going to the movies with Zephir?”“Yes, she tried to
That was why she didn’t tell Colton that she was going to the movies. Since she had promised Zephir, she couldn't just cancel it.Maisie smiled and rubbed her head. “I understand. You just don’t want your friends to feel bad, right?”Daisie nodded, and Maisie smiled warmly. “All you need to do is to speak to Colton. Look, if you don’t tell him how you feel, you’ll be protecting your friends but hurting your family because he did it out of care. He was upset when you talked back.”Daisie thought about it for a long time, and the anger in her heart soon disappeared. She stood up. “Mom, I’ll go talk to him now.’She ran out of the room. Maisie walked out and was startled by Nolan, who was leaning on the wall with his arms crossed. “How long have you been there?”“Not long.” He smiled and looked at her. “You managed to convince Daisie so quickly.”“Well, it’s because I gave birth to her.” Maisie raised her brows. Nolan took a step forward and leaned down to give her a warm kiss o
Maisie frowned. “What kind of a woman?”“I… I’m not sure about it. I was taking care of the kid at that time, so I wasn’t looking. I just heard her voice. She said that she’s Linda’s friend and that she’s here to help Linda get her stuff.”The wife of the deceased thought for a moment and continued. “My mother-in-law received $300 when she came back. She told me that that woman gave her a tip, and my mother-in-law was delighted.”Inside the car…Maisie leaned against the back of the seat with her arms crossed in front of her chest and fell in deep thought.‘Is the woman who came to Linda’s house Maxine? If it's her, why did she come to Linda's place? To find or to destroy any evidence?’The landlady had been killed today, and Maisie felt that it was too coincidental. It seemed to her that an invisible hand was manipulating everything from the dark.It was as if the mysterious woman named Maxine was trying to destroy all the evidence against her. The SIM, the things in the reside
Nolan stared at the profile as a glint flashed across his eyes. “Maybe the Sue who got burned to death wasn't Adrian's student.”Maisie nodded in a trance. Nolan was right. Sue was a bit shorter than Rowena was, so there was no way Adrian wouldn't suspect her when Rowena pretended to be Sue.Even though there was a possibility that Rowena might come up with many excuses and lies, it all made sense now. After all, on the profile, Maxine's height was 5’4’’, about the same as Rowena’s.Perhaps even Rowena did not know about this “coincidence.” She would have never targeted Sue if she had known that Sue had a twin sister.Quincy scratched his head and said, “This is strange. She knew that Rowena was pretending to be Sue, but instead of exposing her, she allowed her to stay around Adrian as Sue. Why would she do that?”Maisie did not say anything in return.Nolan suddenly closed the computer and said, “We will know the reason when we find her.”“What are you doing in front of the doo
“Shadow?”“Yeap.” Cecile rested her chin on her palm. “I’m sure you know what shadow means, right, Mrs. Goldmann? It means she can only live under the light of other people. She will forever be that person's accessory. Everyone knows about Sue, but no one knows that Sue has a sister named Maxine.”Maxine and Sue were twins. However, her mother preferred Sue over Maxine from childhood. This was because Sue had been the most outstanding child in her mother's eyes.Sue had good grades since she was a kid, but her sister, Maxine, was totally opposite of her. Their mother had kept comparing Maxine to her sister. Whenever their relatives or other guests visited them, their mother would only let Sue come out to receive the guests, and she would lock Maxine up in the room.After all, in her mother’s opinion, Maxine was an extra. She was a disgrace to their family. After graduating high school, Maxine had not been accepted into the Turner Institute of Art. Instead, Sue had been accepted i