No one speaks for a long moment.
Victor Salazar’s last words still echo through the speakers in the observation room.
Margaret Lawson never planned for Adrian Reyes to fall in love with his wife again.
Marcus exhales slowly beside me. “Well. That’s… disturbingly romantic.”
Adrian doesn’t react. His eyes remain fixed on Victor through the glass, his posture rigid, his silence sharper than any words.
Inside the interrogation room, one of the detectives closes the folder on the table. “Let’s go back,” he says calmly.
Victor looks up.
“You claim Margaret Lawson had a personal history with Adrian Reyes.”
“Yes.”
The detective flips open a new document. “Law school.”
Victor nods. “Top of the class.”
Marcus mutters under his breath. “That tracks.”
The detective continues. “Reyes and La
