Chapter 505

"I will make it up on behalf of my father," he said. My heart felt like it had been scraped raw and I looked at him. "Brandon, are you also accepting this conclusion? You've been investigating this case all along. Was this the same result that you got? Did your father tamper with the brakes and cause my parents' death?" We had discussed this possibility before. He had promised to investigate and give me an answer. But now, he was accepting the police's inconclusive findings without even questioning it. Was he trying to placate me? Or did he want me to hate him and blame him for what his father did? Brandon avoided eye contact and remained silent. I thought about his definitive decision to leave me, and my heart ached. "Brandon, did you already know about this result? Is that why you used the Heston incident as an excuse to break up with me?" "No," he replied firmly. My eyes flickered as I watched him look down at the raindrops on the ground. "Madeline, I'll continue to investi