Jason had picked up on the rumors swirling around Anastasia and Rowan.

Herman, for one, used to get pretty jealous about the whole thing.

Honestly, the only guy who could ever get under Herman''s skin like that was Rowan.

Rowan had gone up against four kidnappers on his own to save Anastasia, then just vanished without a trace. Whatever else you said about him, Jason had to admit he respected the guy for that-cop or not.

Jason had just finished handling Asher''s case. Rowan had worked with Asher, sure, but strangely, there wasn''t a single innocent party among his victims. Still, the charges Rowan was facing made Asher''s look like child''s y. He was looking at a much heavier sentence.

Rowan looked Jason straight in the eye and said, "No, I''m not doing this for anyone. I just want a clear conscience. I believe in paying for what I''ve done-I don''t want to spend my life hiding. Autumn set up the kidnapping of Mrs. Salstrom, and since I witnessed it, it''s my duty to help the police."

Jason didn''t buy that for a second. He was sure Rowan''s decision had at least something to do with Anastasia.

"So why did Autumn kidnap Anastasia?" Jason pressed.

“Because of Julie," Rowan replied. "Autumn is Julie''s real mother. Anastasia and Herman both know."

Jason actually felt a jolt of shock. This was more dramatic than he''d expected.

The case was a total mess now-dragging in the governor''s wife and digging up old secrets from the Salstrom family.

"Jason, I''ll do everything I can on this one," Rowan said. "But some things are above my pay grade."

"I get it," Jason replied. "Ask away, Officer Luke. I''ll answer everything I know and cooperate fully."

"You should brace yourself," Jason warned. "Once I leave this room, both the Salstroms and Mr. Walker will know you turned yourself in. And Mr. Walker''s definitely going to get involved. Also, I heard Autumn''s pregnant."

Rowan''s eyes widened—he hadn''t known that Autumn really was pregnant, that would make the case even messier. Pregnant suspects alway@got special treatment, even during questioning, And with Mr Walker backing her, Rowan''s word alone wouldn''t stand a

chance-there just wasn''t enough proof to take Autumn down.  s

At this point, Rowan could only keep his head up and stick to his n.

Jason continued, "Why did you save Anastasia? You''ll need a convincing exnation. This is going to be a tough fight."

Rowan caught on quick. "It was a coincidence. I didn''t know who I was helping at first. And honestly, what kind of man would stand by and do nothing in a situation like that?4t''s just basic decency. Anastasia didn''t knowit was me who saved her, either. I don''t have much left to lose-what''s there to be afraid of?"  s

That story was airtight-it kept his connection to Anastasia under wraps and made it clear Anastasia hadn''t withheld anything. She honestly hadn''t known who her rescuer was that night.

Jason nodded. "Alright."

He stepped out of the interrogation room and called Herman, filling him in and making sure he was ready for what wasing.

Herman was stunned. "Rowan actually turned himself in?"

He hadn''t seen iting. Asher had just died yesterday, and now Rowan was surrendering...

"Yeah. Rowan identified Autumn as the one who ordered Anastasia''s kidnapping," Jason said. "I''ve got to take a team over to the Walkers'' ce now."fn991e Newest update provided by FindN()vel/fn991e

If this went sideways, Jason''s career was as good as over. Honestly, ever since Rowan had handpicked him for this case, Jason knew he was ying with fire. If he did his job, hed upset Mr. Walker If he failed, he''d upset even more people. There was no turning back-he just had to keep going.  s

On the way to the Walker estate, news had already reached Mr. Walker. He was

in the middle of a meeting when his assistant quietly leaned over and said, "Ma''am''s in trouble. She''s been implicated in Mrs. Salstrom''s kidnapping. Jason from Einsberg PD is on his way here with a team."

Mr. Walker''s expression darkened. He turned to a colleague and said, "You take over for now. I''ve got something urgent to handle."

With that, Mr. Walker stood up and left the conference room. Everyone around the table looked at each other in shock-he was known for his dedication, and

nobody could remember him ever leaving a meeting halfway through.

The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and

continue reading tomorrow, everyone!