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

softly as it

she stared at her phone, pulling up the record of the call Winnie had made that

had lasted mere seconds, but as Jamie stared at the

that day, Jamie hadn't brought

he didn't expect much, but after a few

paparazzo had taken a

subject for

celebrity. Upon realizing it wasn't who they thought, they had nearly deleted the image

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

woman in the photo bore a striking resemblance

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

"Mr. Lucas"

you couldn't knock first?" Ben swiftly

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

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