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    Her n only required one more step: nting the seed in Jarrod’s mind that this wasn’t a mere ident but a calcted attempt on their lives. And of course, she intended to steer his suspicion straight toward Maia.


    All at once, Rosanna snapped her head up, tears spilling dramatically down her cheeks.


    She lurched forward, her body trembling as though consumed by unbearable sorrow. “Jarrod, is that really true? Could the doctors be wrong? How could Mom and Dad end up in such a state? What happened to them?”


    Rosanna’s grip tightened on Jarrod’s arm with desperate force as she pressed, “Please, tell me exactly what urred at the scene!”


    Ovee by Rosanna’s disy, Jarrod felt his vision blur as tears gathered in his reddened eyes.


    “I wish the doctors were wrong, too. But the truth is, Mom and Dad plunged from a cliff nearly fifty-five yards high. If the forest ranger hadn’t discovered them in time, they probably wouldn’t have survived at all.” He sniffled and dragged the back of his hand across his damp cheeks.


    Rosanna’s eyes widened in exaggerated disbelief. “What!?” she shouted, though deep within, her thoughts spat hatred at the ranger who had ruined her perfect n.


    Had it not been for that man’s intervention, everything would have fallen neatly into ce.


    “Yes, fifty-five yards,” Jarrod said firmly, as though to drive the horror into reality.


    Long before Rosanna appeared, he had already gone over every detail of the ident in his mind.


    With old grudges finally cast aside, Jarrod opened his heart and shared every fact he knew with his sister, Rosanna, whom he had decided to trust again.


    “Are you telling me Dad was actually on the phone with Maia when he fell off the cliff?” Rosanna’s expression tightened in shock, though inwardly her opinion of the ranger was already shifting.


    The man had done his part well.


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    Pieces were sliding neatly into ce… Rosanna had thought that framing Maia would require much more effort.


    Yet the ranger’s words had made it almost effortless.


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    Jarrod scratched the back of his head, looking awkward. “I forgot to keep his contact details before he left.”


    Digging into his pocket, he pulled out Richard’s phone. “Dad’s phone is right here, but it won’t power on. I’ve tried charging it every way I could, and nothing works.”


    Rosanna epted the device, her eyes sweeping over the cracked screen and the scorched edges. Augh nearly slipped from her lips. Things were turning out far better than she had imagined.


    All she needed now was to bring the phone back to life, show Jarrod the incriminating messages, and then watch it die again for good.


    That way, Maia would fall neatly into the trap.


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