Chapter 158

"Andrew, tell me what really happened back then, and the thirty grand is yours. Let's find a time to sit down and talk." Behind her, Emma stood up from her chair and, upon hearing Andrew's name, accidentally knocked over her coffee with trembling hands. Louise glanced back at the commotion, her voice calm but sharp. "You want thirty grand? I'm fine with it-if your answer's actually worth that much." "Andrew... how did she even find Andrew?" Emma's face went pale. She watched as Louise's car sped away, made a turn onto the main road and vanished from view. "No way! He vanished ages ago, no one's heard from him since!" Back when everything went down, Emma had paid that man a small fortune, got him to cut all contact. Even she hadn't been able to reach him since. For years, not a single word from him-not from Kingswell, not even his hometown. She thought he'd chickened out and gone into hiding, never planning to set foot in Kingswell again. But in just one phone call, Louise shattered tha