The discovery of three bodies buried weeks ago raised a pressing question. If Winnie were still alive, who did those bodies belong to?

There were too many unanswered questions. Ben decided to focus on calming Jamie for now. "Even if you want to look into this, now isn't the time. Let's get back in the car, and we'll figure it out later." Jamie, reluctantly, let herself be ushered back to the car. The planned lunch outing was abandoned.

Charlie woke up from his nap in the afternoon, ate the meal the housekeeper prepared for him, and promptly went back to sleep.

In the bedroom, Jamie lay on her side, her mind replaying the woman's side profile over and over.

It did resemble Winnie in some ways, but the more she thought about it, the more doubts crept in. Had she really mistaken someone else for her sister?

Ben moved quickly. After reviewing the street surveillance footage his assistant retrieved, he came to tell her, "I had the cameras checked. There's no sign of Winnie. You must have seen someone else." "Is that so?" Jamie murmured, her voice barely audible.

So it really was just her imagination.

"Don't dwell on it too much. I'll keep looking, just in case."

"Please leave me alone for now. I need some time to myself," she said, her voice hollow.

for a moment before nodding. "I'll be just outside.

softly as

silently down Jamie's cheeks as she stared at her phone, pulling

had lasted mere seconds, but as Jamie stared at

Jamie hadn't brought up

didn't expect

had taken a

the subject

wasn't who they thought, they had nearly deleted the image until Ben's team intercepted

eyes glimmered with a mix of disbelief and shock. His mind was

bore a striking resemblance

assistant stepped in. Seeing Ben transfixed by an image of a woman

"Mr. Lucas"

so urgent you couldn't knock first?" Ben swiftly closed his laptop,

the woman in the photo, Jamie couldn't know, not

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