Well, there was another thing you didn’t know.

“No, not Warner. I was trying to find out something I felt he was hiding from me. About his past. I can see it, Tess. It’s eating him alive. Something is bothering him, but he wouldn’t tell me.”

Understanding laced her features. “You know how sensitive his past was, right? Maybe that’s why? There are some parts that maybe you don’t know about his parents.”

“I know everything. He told me yesterday. But it feels like there is still something I don’t know.” I fidgeted in my chair. “Uh, do you know the reason behind his father’s suicide? I know why he did it, Ace told me. But is there something else he doesn’t want anyone to know?”

Maybe she knew something more than Ace told me? Maybe she was aware of the murder case?

Her frown deepened. “No, he did it because of shame. There’s nothing else. Why do you think so?”

I shrugged again. “I don’t know. Don’t you think it sounds a bit odd that the man who didn’t care about his wife’s emotions and cheated on her, even after knowing her suspicion, took his life just because his family caught him red-handed?”

She pondered for a moment, biting her inner cheek. “I don’t know, Em. I was there that night when we saw him with his girlfriend. But after that, Tobias and I left, not wanting to intervene in their personal matter. And we heard the news the next day. I don’t think there’s anything more to this. Achilles would’ve shared it with us then.”

Sighing, I nodded. I didn’t know whose words to believe. But Warner wouldn’t lie to me without any solid information.

“All right, Caleb is here. I’ll talk to you later. Let me know when Achilles comes back,” she said, glancing behind her. “And Em, take it slow. I’m sure, if there’s something, he’ll tell you. Sooner or later.”

Smiling, I nodded again before cutting the video call.

My ardent eyes went back to the clock.

When will he come back?

Tess was right. I should take it slow and give him some time. No matter how much this new information bothered me, I could do it for him. I didn’t want to reach any conclusions without knowing the whole truth.

The doorbell rang, making me leap up to my feet. My heart started to thump in my chest.

He is here!

Sprinting to the door, when I pulled it open, my smile faltered.

The familiar brown eyes greeted me as I stood there, surprised.

“Warner? What are you doing here?”

FIFTY-EIGHT: GOOSEBUMPS

“Came to meet my best friend. Why? I’m not allowed in Achilles Valencian’s cave?”