Beyond the Divorce

The news left me utterly flabbergasted. How did he take me away?

"Yes, we finally located the only eyewitness, an elderly man gathering herbs on that mountain back then. Fate played its part, taking so many years to trace the one witness who saw the entire tragic incident." "Did he really witness the whole thing?" I found it hard to believe.

Atlas and his team must have put in tremendous effort to find the needle in a haystack after so many years.

"According to the old man, he was descending the mountain at the time, taking a break on a flat terrace. Then, he witnessed the scene on the road below. You should know that, abroad, very few people engage in herb picking."

Atlas sounded proud. "Our brothers worked tirelessly, year after year, investigating the incident site. They left no trace unexplored."

I nodded, acknowledging the challenging nature of their work.

"The old man said the situation was dangerous back then. The crashed car was on the verge of tumbling down, then it exploded. After our car exploded, he distinctly saw a tall, thin man getting out of that car, running down the slope on the side of the road, searching for something."

Atlas vividly described the scene, and as I strained to imagine it, a stabbing pain shot through my head. I dared not speak, fearing Atlas would stop narrating.

The events of that year held an immense fascination for me, and I longed to piece together the scattered fragments of information to form a complete picture. What exactly happened back then? "What then?" I asked, "How did he confirm it was a girl?"

that man was seen carrying a child. The child wore a pink dress, so he

My heart ached intensely.

his phone. As the photo resolution back then was poor, it

at that time, we didn't suspect

Clark. Clark was Rory's classmate, and Rory had even helped him in the

despicable!" I spat out,

indignant reaction, Atlas squeezed my hand. The car silently

suspect him

AT Empire, working hard without a complaint for years.

and from the elder

few preserved images,

couldn't run away forever," I