“What about Rachel? Don’t you want to see her?” he insisted.

“I don’t want to, at least not for now.”

“Mark is awake, and the two elders feel guilty towards you. They also wish to see you.”

“I don’t want to see them,” Josie coldly rejected him, then left his lounge and him behind.

Upon reaching the ground floor, she looked back up at the top of the building.

Once upon a time, she felt that he was standing up there all alone and she should keep him company, but in the end, she found herself badly hurt from doing so.

Josie returned home and tried to sleep. However, Dexter’s words echoed repeatedly in her mind, preventing her from getting a good night’s rest. When she was rudely awakened the next day, she felt somewhat irritable.

It was a call from Charles, the newly appointed mayor of Wavery. He had invited her out for a meal.

As Charles was an influential contact her grandfather had given her, there was no reason to refuse. Moreover, she still had to rely on the police regarding Paul’s disappearance, so she agreed to the meeting.

breakfast when she overheard the conversation. “I’m bored. Take me

slightly furrowed her brows

they met, it was already noon. It was Charles’ lunchtime, so he didn’t bring any staff with

know it’s been tough for you and it wasn’t your fault. Rachel, who previously worked as an assistant within the government, is

up the topic, Josie made no

came in. He was tall, dressed in a uniform, and wore a baseball cap on his head. He also

my failure in judging people that caused me

words were somewhat tinged

decade or two older than her, was admiring her

twenties, yet she possessed an

handed the menu to Mallory, who was sitting next to him. “What

about the Olsen family, Josie understood what Charles was

new official position, Charles needed support, inevitably finding himself

lips together. “May

momentarily taken aback, but he continued,

head in the menu for quite some time before she finally looked up to call the waiter. “Give us one seafood ceviche, one grilled pork ribs,

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