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Laura arrived home with Detective Makin’s words still echoing in her ear. He was right. There was nothing more to know. Laura had to accept the fact that Ryan’s death was an accident. Something that should never have happened but had. It would always be with her, but she had to come to terms with the fact that she’d done everything she could. It was time to face the rest of her life and move forward once and for all. Face Luke and say goodbye to Ryan and Banyula. Start a new life. Maybe she would go and finish that counseling course. It was time to be an adult.
Laura grabbed her phone, Googled the local real-estate agent, and made the call.
‘Today? That would be great. Three o'clock? Sure. Thanks, Mick, see you then.’ Laura ended the call and placed her mobile on the kitchen bench. T
