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.

intently for a moment before nodding. "I'll be

door clicked softly

rolled silently down Jamie's cheeks as she stared at her phone, pulling up the record of

lasted mere seconds, but as Jamie stared at the screen, the tears fell harder, soaking

Jamie hadn't brought up

investigate. At first, he didn't expect much, but after a

paparazzo had taken

the subject for

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

at the computer screen. His eyes glimmered with a mix of disbelief and shock. His mind was reeling as hard as

bore a

in. Seeing Ben transfixed by an image of a woman with her face partially covered, the assistant froze for

"Mr. Lucas"

knock first?" Ben swiftly closed his laptop, his gaze sharp

about the woman in the photo, Jamie

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