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“Details are scarce at the ht,” Archer reported

Rhys read the headline, trying to weed through all his thoughts “How sure are they that this is a suicide?” Scott had felt reht corner, people did terrible things

“My thoughts went there, too, but Hunt is working the case He toldthat it’s an open-and-shut case Scott left a suicide note, cleaned up all his finances for his family; he was very methodical about it all”

Only one thing mattered to Rhys “Did he name Zoey in his note?”

“Not that I’s could never be forgiven and he was tired of living a lie”

Rhys snorted “Well, he wasn’t wrong”

“Agreed,” Archer said “I’ll reach out if anything further develops”

“Appreciate it” Rhys ended the call and headed straight for his closet Only one person was on his ht had hi his way to his front door, grabbing his keys and wallet off the small table

In quick tie and sped out in his sports car Zoey’s place was far, and with traffic, it took hier than he would have liked to arrive at the loft on the shipyard Everylike a lifetime A phone call to Zoey was faster but would be impersonal, and certainly not how Rhys wanted to break the news He needed Zoey in his arh the building and knocked on her door, only belatedly realizing how early it was A quick look at his watch revealed it was seven thirty But when the door whisked open and he caught sight of Hazel’s sad eyes, he knew he hadn’t gotten here fast enough

“Zoey?” he asked

“She’s in here” Hazel opened the door wider

Rhys found Zoey sitting on the couch, her legs pulled up tight to her chest, her red-rie strides, and thein his chest broke, yanking him forward until he dropped to his knees in front of her “Don’t look at me that way Do you hear me, Zoey?”

Her chin quivered Tears welled in her sweet eyes “I did this to him”

“No,” he said fir her shaky hands in his “This is not on you Scott did this to himself”

“If you need us, we’ll just be in my room”