"So you mean to say your mother is looking for someone… and you suspect that person is dangerous?" Daniel asked, brow raised in amused disbelief—almost as if he had been expecting exactly that.
Anna bobbed her head up and down like a guilty child as she finally disclosed everything. Her conversation with Mariam. Her mother visiting the old neighborhood. Shawn research and the hidden tension Roseline had been carrying.
"And who might that person be?" Daniel asked, leaning back.
Anna shrugged dramatically. "How would I know?"
"…"
Daniel stared at his wife, utterly dumbfounded.
This woman.
This woman who had been weaving conspiracies in her head like a detective—
didn't even know the suspect?
He pinched the bridge of his nose.
No wonder she was so desperate to pull Shawn to our side…
Daniel thought, side-eyeing her.
