Bonnie nodded, "No problem."
Zane let go of Yanis and was about to find Bonnie when Yanis reached out and grabbed his hand. "Zane."
Zane paused and turned to look at Yanis.
Yanis held onto Zane's hand. "Let's wait for Ivan and them to come out, then go home. I'm a little tired."
Hearing this, Zane hesitated for a moment before nodding. "I'll take you to the car first. Albi might need some time to process everything."
Yanis didn't refuse Zane's suggestion but instead looked at Stella. "Stella, you and Bonnie can head back first."
Stella responded with a nod. "Okay, make sure you rest well when you get back home," she said.
Yanis also nodded in agreement.
When Bonnie heard this, she quickly said goodbye to Lane before grabbing Stella's arm and leaving the police station in a hurry.
Lane watched as they left before looking up at Zane. "You should take Miss Thompson to the car first while I check inside," he said.
Zane nodded, "Thank you so much."
Lane added with a chuckle: "Mr Lawrence is becoming more polite by the day! Alright then, why don't you two head over there while I go inside?"
After watching Lane disappear inside the building, Zane turned towards Yanis: "Let's head towards the car."
"Why did you keep me in dark?" asked Yanis as they walked side by side towards their parked vehicle.
"I wanted to handle things myself so that you wouldn't have any worries," replied Zane calmly before being interrupted by Yanis who spoke up again: "But I would worry anyway! You shouldn't have kept it from me," scolded Yanis gently yet firmly.
Zanes remained silent for several seconds as he contemplated his response carefully before finally speaking softly: "I'm sorry about that. Next time I won't keep anything from you."
Although there were things that he wanted to say too but decided against it, since now wasn't an appropriate time or place for such a conversation.
Half an hour later, Ivan and Robin emerged from within the building, still wearing yesterday's clothes.
Yanis had been considering calling out their names through rolled down window but remembered Madison's words just in time, which made her hesitate briefly.
Sitting beside her, Zane noticed her hesitation immediately.
Glancing over at the police station entrance momentarily, he then shifted focus back on Yanis, asking curiously: "Aren't we going greet them?"
Yanis shook his head. "Forget it, I'll call Ivan later and have Albi take them home. Their families must be worried."
Zane furrowed his eyebrows slightly upon hearing Yanis' words. "Has anyone from the Baxter family come to see you?"
Zane asked this because he knew for a fact that the Read family would never go to Yanis.
That meant the only possibility left was the Baxter family.
After hearing Zane's question, Yanis gently shook her head. "No, you just go down and say goodbye to them."
"Wait for me," Zane said.
He opened the car door and walked towards Ivan and Robin.
When Robin saw Zane, she spoke up. "Are you okay?"
Zane shook his head. "Let Albi take you guys home first. Sorry about what happened this time."
Robin exclaimed in surprise, "What's there to be sorry about? I can't believe I got a chance to walk around here once in my lifetime! It's worth it!"
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