"Impossible."
Richard's voice shattered the silence.
There was a hint of almost absurd disbelief in his laugh.
He rushed forward and snatched the evidence bag from the rescue worker's hand.
"You made a mistake. Giselle was strong. She grew up running wild in the mountains. How could she possibly have been buried by a landslide?"
He stared at the rings inside the bag.
His fingertips began trembling uncontrollably.
"These rings were supposed to be a gift from her to me. She must have deliberately left them by the riverbank to scare me. Sir, this kind of thing doesn't count as a real emergency, does it? She's just stubborn. She's throwing a little tantrum at me."
The rescue worker frowned and took the evidence bag back.
"Sir, please don't interfere with our work. The body is at the c
