The night in Sky Tower had been impossibly heavy, but the silence that followed James and Andrew home was somehow heavier. They had managed to drop off the ladies after both of them assured Hailey that together with Jackson, and the rest of the team, they'd do all that they can within their powers to ensure that they find out waht really led to the deaths of her parents and also to help her find her sister—Vivian.Hailey had really found succour in her freinds' support, and couldn't have really asked for more. And that was becasue ever since the time she lost her anrowanas and became a part of the group, her life hd really taken a different turn, one filled with hope and memories that she'd love to relieve a thousand times over.And so, after ensuring that the ladies were safe, James and Andrew entered back into the car and drove back home, the car unusually silent as though the weight of the entire universe was resting on its wheels.By the time they got home, their flat which was us

By midday, word of the autopsy had reached Chief wallace, and the pressure was unbearable. The usually composed police officer, who had always prided himself on control, now looked unhinged.He had not imagined that the autopsy report will get to Sky Tower but the Coronor had made dupicate copies and had one delivered at Sky Tower while the other at the police station. And that had ruined all of Wallace's plans who had thought he'd be able to manipulate the results before it gets to the knowledge of Copper and the rest of them at Sky Tower.Jackson, Whitaker, and Copper arrived at the station shortly after the news spread. Wallace was already in his office, rifling through files, papers scattered across the floor in a chaotic mess. When he saw them enter, he froze for a moment, eyes darting from Whitaker to Copper to Jackson, the room charged with silent accusation.“I… I was protecting the city!” Wallace barked suddenly, voice cracking, as though repeating it would convince himself.

The ride back from the station was strangely silent. Whitaker sat in the front seat, arms crossed, gaze fixed on the city lights blurring past the windshield. Copper sat beside Jackson in the back, his expression hardened into that familiar mask that only cracked on the battlefield or in moments of deep personal disappointment.Jackson kept his eyes on his hands as though there was something there he alone was seeing.Every victory tonight felt heavy. Exposing Wallace should have felt satisfying. Revealing the truth behind the autopsy should have felt like a step closer to justice. But instead, Jackson felt a sinking weight settle in his chest—a weight made of long-buried fears, resurfaced realities.For some unknown reasons, his mind had suddenly drifted back to his mother. It's been long since Copper told him about his mother but even until now, he had not been able to get any thing on her more than what Copper had told him.It was almost appearing to him as though his mother had di

Andrew shut the car door gently, the sound oddly loud in the silence of the land that had once been the Parker family’s home. The house stood at the end of the slanted, forgotten road—like a memory refusing to die. Time had not been kind to it. The roof sagged in places, the wooden walls were dulled and cracked, and ivy strangled half the structure like a slow, green chokehold.Hailey stood motionless in front of it, her eyes glassy but resolute. She couldn't believe that this was thes ame house that had once held the most beautiful memories of her life. She couldn't believe that this was the same place that she and her sister, Vivian had promised each other to make their parents proud come what may.But now, it had become a shadow of itself, like a memory that she didn't want to visit anymore. However, with everything that had been happening, and with the fact that they were now here, she knew there was no turning back any longer.“This is it,” she murmured. “The place I lived… laugh

Andrew stood slowly, holding the cassette in both hands as though it were the most fragile evidence in the world.His voice was quiet—gentle, but full of the weight of what they had found.“Hailey, It's like your father left you and your sister a mesaage.”Hailey’s knees nearly buckled. Who'd have thought that their father had left a recording for them all along, and they never knew about it.“He must have recorded something,” she whispered. “The night… before everything happened.”She stared at the tape, her heart pounding loudly in her ears. And for the first time in fifteen years she felt her past staring back at her.“Andrew,” she whispered, her voice breaking. “We have to listen to it.”***Celestine climbed the steps that led all the way to Elara's entrance door slowly, her palms damp, her heartbeat loud in her ears. She had run away from this place the last time because she felt her life was gradually being taken away from her, and she just couldn't stand it. But running had on