The words echo through the observation room.
She loved him first.
For a moment, no one moves.
Marcus is the first to react. “…well,” he says slowly, “that is a plot twist.”
I stare through the glass at Victor Salazar. He looks exhausted on the other side of the interrogation table, but his eyes are steady. Certain. Like he knows the truth he just revealed will change everything.
Adrian doesn’t speak. But something in his posture shifts—shoulders taut, jaw tight.
The detectives inside the room glance at each other. One of them leans forward. “You’re telling us Margaret Lawson orchestrated an attempted murder because she was in love with Adrian Reyes?”
Victor nods faintly. “Yes.”
The detective frowns. “That’s a serious claim.”
Victor exhales slowly. “Check our old law school records
