Days passed.

Everything looked calm on the surface.

Beneath the surface, however, something was brewing.

On the fourth day, a black car pulled up to the police station entrance.

Jason emerged, his face etched with a dark scowl.

He took a deep breath before entering the building.

An officer stood guard outside a visitation room where Nicholas and Jason met.

"Mr. Novak—" Jason began, but Nicholas cut him off. "You don't have to say anything, Mr. Derullere.

1 understand.

I've told the police repeatedly that I acted alone.

No one else is involved.

Regardless of the sentence, I won't appeal." Jason clenched his jaw.

As he hesitated, Nicholas continued, his voice weak, "That being said, before everything is finalized, I'd like to see Mr.

Schmidt one last time.

to ask him

Novak, Mr.

an important

won't be meeting with you again," Jason

name

lips together, his

today with a message from Mr. Schmidt himself." Jason closed the distance between himself

believes that you will never

light of this, you may go in

will see to the necessary arrangements for

your wife..." He left the sentence

Nicholas's heart plummeted.

full responsibility for your crimes and face the consequences, Mr.

her safety from unforeseen circumstances." With that,

offered Nicholas a curt nod

alone, his body

him as

exited the police station,

his car, his phone pinged

read, "Mr. Derullere, Mr. Beckett is aware of your

you in private?" Those words

they made this 50-year- old

moment later, he received a message containing

was somewhere

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