"Not bad!"
Miles Hawthorne praised her sincerely. "You don’t need to worry about Sunny Reed anymore. So all that’s left is the divorce, then?"
"Mhm." Chloe Reed nodded. "Once this is all settled, I’ll be completely free."
The look in Miles Hawthorne’s eyes deepened, and the curve of his lips grew more pronounced. He said, "I’ll help you get that freedom."
Chloe Reed curved her lips into a small smile.
Just then, her phone vibrated. She took it out and saw a message from Daniel Hayes.
At the same time, there was another message from an unknown number.
Daniel Hayes: [Miss Reed, I have a few leads on Sunny Reed’s parents. Should we discuss this in person?]
--[Be careful of Miles Hawthorne. He’s not as simple as he seems.]
Chloe Reed deleted the second message and replied to Daniel Hayes with a simple "Okay."
Then, she looked at Miles Hawthorne and said, "Something’s come up. I have to go."
"Okay, I’m leaving too."
Miles Hawthorne gave a slight nod.
The two of them left the hospital’s back garden. Miles Hawthorne drove away, while Chloe Reed called Daniel Hayes.
Daniel Hayes was in his car at that moment. Chloe Reed walked over, pulled open the passenger side door, and got in.
Daniel Hayes handed her a file and said, "Miss Reed, take a look."
After speaking, he got out of the car to have a smoke and keep an eye out for anyone approaching.
Chloe Reed opened the file and quickly scanned the documents inside.
Sunny Reed’s mother was named Eleanor Bowman, and her father was Kevin Sutton.
The file also contained a photograph of Eleanor Bowman and Autumn Linton together. The two young women were beaming at the camera, looking very close.
Eleanor Bowman grew up in Rancine and was childhood sweethearts with Kevin Sutton. The two of them had gone to school together their entire lives.
They made their relationship official in college and later went abroad together.
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