Chapter 61

From the moment Victoria stepped into the police station to the moment she walked out, it all felt a bit unreal—like a weird dream she hadn't quite woken up from. She had no clue what method Theodore pulled, but he actually managed to get her out. She had fully braced herself to spend the night in that cold, suffocating interrogation room. Once they got in the car, Theodore didn't start the engine right away. He just stared straight ahead, clearly waiting for her to say something. But Victoria stayed quiet. She rolled down the window. The cold wind rushed in and hit her face, waking her up a bit. "Why was that watch at the crime scene?" She paused, caught off guard, but didn't rush to answer. It wasn't the first time she'd heard the question—Chief Warren had asked her the same thing. But what could she even say? Theodore wasn't someone she could brush off with vague answers. Chief Warren didn't know much about her past. Theodore did. "That watch was supposedly lost, what, a few years a