The Runaway Groom

Chapter 267

Ricky looked up at her and asked, “You’re early. You

knew, didn’t you?”

“Yeah,” Irene admitted.

Ricky’s eyes were unfocused as he stared into the

distance. “The cops were asking if I saw her, and if I knew anything.”

Irene quietly listened, but she knew that someone got Samantha out of prison–she never could have escaped by herself.

Not sure how to assure him, she said, “You need to take care of your health.”

Ricky suddenly turned towards her. “She just died last night… How did you know?”

“I—”

Irene was about to say that Isaac told him, but quickly

changed, “I overheard the cops telling you.”

he knew that she

she hiding something? Why?

Isaac killed her mother?

his blanket, Ricky’s

Irene

forced a smile. “I know. She’s

way, was Isaac with you before

her head. “No,

think I’m sleepy,”

up his blanket. “Okay. I’ll be right

but quietly

the morning, Sheryl arrived with Ricky’s

the food aside, and pulled Sheryl outside without waking

“Samantha’s dead.”

“What?!” Sheryl was bewildered.

it down, Mom. You’d wake Ricky–he

feeling miserable right now.”

Sheryl was confused. “Shouldn’t she be in

exactly clear, so Irene didn’t tell Sheryl