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Chapter 333: Hope.

Ethan

The air outside the police station feels heavy… or maybe it’s just me. I don’t know.

I haven’t slept well in days, haven’t eaten well, haven’t thought clearly. Everything in me is focused

on one thing… Clara.

In front of me, the two officers are still talking. Their voices are firm, professional, but to me they

sound distant, as if I were underwater.

“Mr. Blackwood, as we were explaining…” one of them says, “there are no security cameras in the

exact area of the accident.”

I clench my jaw.

“What do you mean there are no cameras?”

“It’s an area with poor coverage,” the other replies. “We’ve already requested recordings from the

nearby roads, but it will take time to analyze them.”

Time… That word again. Always that damned word.

I run a hand over my face, trying to stay calm.

“And what have you found so far?”

They look at each other, as if weighing up what they’re going to say.

I don’t like that, I don’t like it at all.

“For now,” the first one says, “everything indicates it could have been a common accident.”

I feel something inside me tense up.

“Common?”

My voice comes out lower, more dangerous.

“Yes. Loss of control of the vehicle, possible distraction, even drowsiness…”

“No.”

I interrupt him without thinking.

They both look at me.

“No,” I repeat, more firmly. “Clara isn’t like that.”

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I feel my pulse throbbing in my temples.

“She’s careful. Precise. She doesn’t get distracted while driving, she doesn’t fall asleep at the

wheel.”

Silence settles for a second.

“We understand your concern,” the officer says in a more conciliatory tone, “but we must base qur

conclusions on evidence.”

Evidence.

I clench my fists.

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it.”

mbles, but not from fear.

omething doesn’t add up.

n’t respond immediately.

e going to continue the investi

ide interference, the case wi

of them adds. “But if we don’t find any evidence of

an accident.”

el my blood boiling.

No.”

I take a step toward the

“I’m not going to ac

The officer hold

“Do you thin

The que

d for a second… I hesitate.

ve nothing. Just this… This feeling in my chest, this damned feeling

evidence, not yet.

vestigation,” I finish. “But I want clear results.”

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I stare at them.

“My wife is in a hospital, unconscious… and I need answers.”

The officer nods.

“You’ll get them.”

I’m not convinced.

Not at all.

“And if necessary,” I add, “I’ll hire a private investigator.”

That won’t be necessary, Mr. Blackwood,” he replies firmly. “We’ll handle it.”

rely nod, but in my mind I already know something. If they don’t find anything… I will.

matter what it takes.

They say goodbye and walk away; I’m left alone. Alone with the noise of the street, alone with my thoughts.

And then… My phone rings.

The sound cuts through th

I look at the screen, “m

e; my heart stops for a second.

nd everything inside me freezes.

No, no, no.

The worst tho

My hands t

“Hello?

M

roken. On the other end… I only hear crying, and then… I feel like the

on me.

erate.

Clara…?”

e sentence, I can’t say

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ches in my

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“What happened?” I repeat, almost shouting. “Tell me!”

Silence… An eternity, and then…

“She woke up…”

I don’t understand.

“What?”

“Clara… woke up…”

world stops, literally everything; the noise, the street, the air. Everything disappears.

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like I didn’t hear right.

he woke up, Ethan…”

Her voice breaks, but now it’s di

“She’s awake…”

And something inside m

My eyes open wide, n

t’s emotion, it’s relief. It’s… life.

s as if I can finally breathe after days of suffocating.

“Really?

My voice ba

“Yes… ye

I clos

thank God… Thank you.

walking.

er hanging up the phone, I only know that I’m moving, fast, too fast.

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