After they got in the car, Stella unscrewed her insulated bottle and handed it to

Briony. "Here, drink some warm water. With that injury on your head and another sleepless night behind you, your body's going to give out if you don't take care of yourself."

Briony kept her gaze down and shook her head slightly, almost as if talking to herself. "Where do you think my mom could've gone?"

Stella pressed her lips together, at a loss for an answer.

From the back seat, Gina suddenly slapped her thigh. "Why don't we just ask Attorney Wentworth?"

Stewart?

Stella turned to look at Gina. "Why would we talk to him?"

"We went to Attorney Wentworth's office together yesterday morning."

"What?" Stella was stunned. "Why didn't you mention this earlier?"

"You guys... never asked."

Briony looked over at Gina. "Why did my mom go to his office?”

"She was just bringing a New Year's gift. But when we got there, Ms. Lockwood happened to be meeting with Attorney Wentworth, too. After a while, your mom told me to wait outside. I don't know what they talked about after that.....”

"Star, let's go to the law office

it!" Stella started the car

few days had been hectic for Stewart-late nights at the office had become

series, so with her schedule suddenly clear, she'd taken to dropping by the law firm almost

homemade breakfast. As she stepped out of her car, she caught sight of a white BMW parked by the curb. Rosita paused for

on Stewart's

buried in paperwork, eyes fixed on the pages. Without looking up, he

straight

of files, her brows drawing together. Her tone was

a noncommittal

I know how much this case means to you, but you still need to eat and keep a normal routine. At least

it there. I'll

slipped the files from his hands and nudged the

irritation as he finally looked

cool and impassive as ever, but there was an unmistakable flicker of impatience

smiled sweetly, tucking the files behind her back and tilting her chin up in mock defiance. "If you don't eat,

specifically asked me to make

the mention of Irwin,

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