My Fiancé's 'Girl' Gave Me a Buzzcut. I Gave Her a Subpoena for Their Wedding. novel Chapter 25

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Marcus delivered faster than I expected.

Three days later, my encrypted inbox was full.

Miller-full name Jason Miller-had been exiled to some forgotten fire station in the mountains two states over.

And Liam?

He was living his best life.

New identity: Ethan Hayes. Deputy Chief at the Harrisburg Fire Department. Decorated. Successful. Playing the devoted family man.

His wife? Susan Brennan.

Their son? Ethan Jr. Six and a half years old.

Ethan Jr. What a touching tribute to dear old dad.

Marcus included a recent photo.

Liam-Ethan-had aged a bit. Lines around his eyes. A faint scar cutting across his left cheek, probably from the fire he supposedly died in.

But that cocky gleam in his eyes? Still there.

He was holding his kid, grinning at the camera. Susan pressed against his side, glowing with happiness.

Looking at that picture felt like I was swallowing broken glass.

But what really pushed me over the edge was the file on the Jane Doe.

Her name was Rachel Morgan. Twenty-three years old.

Came to the city from some nowhere town chasing work.

Got fired from a factory job the day before the fire.

Broke. Alone. Desperate.

Surveillance footage showed one of Liam’s crew approaching her outside a Greyhound station. Told her he could get her hired at a warehouse-easy money, cash same-day.

She walked into that building and never walked out.

They murdered her.

Burned her alive so Liam could disappear and start over with his mistress.

I printed the report and held it so tight my knuckles went bone-white.

I couldn’t just show up in Harrisburg and confront him.

That’d tip him off, and Liam was cold-blooded enough to make me vanish for real this time.

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Chapter 5

No.

I needed them to walk straight into the trap.

I drove out to Miller’s station.

Hours into the sticks. Roads so bad my car barely made it.

I waited outside until his shift ended.

The second he spotted me, he went pale as a sheet and started backpedaling toward the door.

“Miller!”

He stopped. Didn’t dare to turn around.

“Mrs. Hayes… how did you find me?”

“Relax. I’m not here to make your life harder.”

I walked up and showed him my phone.

On the screen: Liam’s picture-perfect new family.

“You were telling the truth. He IS alive. Goes by Ethan Hayes now. Deputy Chief in Harrisburg.”

Miller’s face went from white to red in seconds. Half rage, half panic.

“Those bastards lied to me! Then they buried me out here like I’m some kind of liability!”

“You saw what you weren’t supposed to see. And you talked.”

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