“Long enough to enter the office.”
Kayla sat on the sofa, pale.
“I didn’t know he was doing this.”
“Did he ask you to distract us?”
Andrew asked.
She shook her head.
“Not that I remember.”
I wanted to believe her.
But trust, once damaged, doesn’t return simply because someone cries.
The lawyer contacted the authorities handling the identity theft report and supplied the information we had gathered.
We were told not to approach Daniel and not to interfere with any potential investigation.
For two days, nothing happened.
Then Marcus called.
I hadn’t spoken to Marcus since Kayla arrived.
He had sent me a brief message the day she moved in, asking whether she was safe.
I had replied that she was staying with us and would contact him if she needed anything.
Now his name appeared on my phone just after lunch.
I answered cautiously.
“Hello?”
