Grant asked, "Who?"

"Yvonne! It must be Yvonne!" Clarice gritted her teeth in fury. "She's been with Christopher for years. She must have heard things about me. She's even met you a few times in Meridan. Now that I'm back, she must have suspected something and has been shadowing me! That incident at the orphanage was the first sign!"

Grant smiled faintly, offering no comment.

Clarice's eyes gleamed with malice. "Sir, we cannot let Yvonne live! If she suspects me, it doesn't matter. But if she starts suspecting you and goes to Bella with nonsense, that will be a problem!"

Grant appeared slightly weary. "Your concern is not unfounded. However, I don't have the time or energy to waste on such irrelevant people right now."

"Sir, please leave it to me!" Clarice kneeled before him, gripping his hand tightly in hers." That vile woman is mine to deal with. Whatever it takes, no matter the cost, I will protect you and ensure you claim everything that rightfully belongs to you!"

**

The next evening, in the wine cellar at Yara Park.

"What did you just say? A switcheroo?!" Ralph was so shocked that his brows knit into a frown. He nearly crushed the glass in his hand. "Are you telling me the prison system in Savrow is useless? Are we acting in "The Shawshank Redemption'?!"

Bella swirled her glass of red wine in one hand, propping her chin with the other. "More like "The Shawshank Swap'."

She smirked and was about to take a sip when Asher suddenly appeared.

His large hand covered the rim of her glass. "Bella, the doctor told you-no alcohol for a month. Did you forget?"

We're in a wine

out under everyone's noses, and someone else takes their place? This

anger. "No way! First thing tomorrow, I'm reporting this to the

Police. If you report it and make it public, we'll lose our lead. Worse, we

solemnly as he swapped his sister's wine with a glass

now will ruin

his face in his hands. He was a police officer driven by an unwavering sense of justice. To know a criminal was roaming free and be

anyone at

water. "For someone to have

disbelief. "Bella, are you saying

as though nothing happened, and quietly investigate Lucas' prison records. We need more evidence before drawing

his mind. "Fine! Bella's instincts have never been wrong.

chuckled, her smile lighting up the

it had been a long time since her brothers had seen her smile. It warmed their hearts so much that their eyes glistened with

that abandoned hospital building."

features darkened by confusion. "The Fowler family has completely collapsed. They have nothing left to offer Grant. Why go out of his way

with a finger,

the heart of the

personality. He never did anything that didn't benefit him, nor did he help people who were of no use

silence, Bella took a

be working together. But to what end, we'll need to

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