Ever since the news of George’s case being reopened had reached Hugo, he had been trying to find out who was behind it.
Soone from George’s side had clearly stepped forward, determined to fight the case again after all these years. The thought alone had left Hugo with more questions than answers.
What puzzled him the most was the fact that he knew almost nothing about George’s family.
Apart from George’s wife, Hugo had never t or even heard about anyone else connected to him. At the ti, it had never seed important. But now, the sudden appearance of soone willing to reopen the case made him wonder who exactly had taken that step.
Who was trying to clear George’s na now?
Hugo leaned back in his chair, his mind drifting toward the past.
Back then, when George had been arrested and detained after being accused of kidnapping Kathrine, Hugo had barely paid attention to the legal proceedings.
At the ti, the entire situation had shaken him deeply.
His only concern had been Kathrine.
The trauma she suffered during those days had left a deep scar on her. She had been emotionally shattered after being held captive, and Hugo had focused all his attention on helping his daughter recover from that nightmare.
Every mont of his ti had been devoted to making sure she felt safe again.
Because of that, the court proceedings had beco secondary in his mind.
He had trusted the legal system to do its job.
Or perhaps, he had simply chosen not to look too closely.
But now, when he thought about those days again, sothing felt strange.
His brows slowly drew together.
While he had been mostly absent during the court process, there had been soone else who handled everything related to the case.
Roseline.
She had taken responsibility for dealing with the lawyers, the evidence, and the proceedings.
At the ti, Hugo had not questioned it.
In fact, he had been grateful.
Roseline had assured him that everything was being handled properly. She had told him that George would face the consequences for what he had done.
Hugo had trusted her words without hesitation.
But now, years later, the mory did not sit well with him.
A faint unease crept into his thoughts.
If soone from George’s side had suddenly decided to reopen the case, it ant that the story might not have been as simple as Hugo had believed.
He slowly exhaled, staring at the papers lying on his desk.
For the first ti in years, Hugo began wondering if he had overlooked sothing important.
Back then, he had been too consud by his daughter’s pain to question anything else.
But now he could not ignore the possibility that while he had stayed away from the courtroom, Roseline had been the one controlling everything behind the scenes.
Hugo suddenly rose from his chair, the uneasiness in his chest refusing to settle. The thought that had been troubling him would not leave his mind, and the more he tried to ignore it, the stronger it beca.
Without wasting another mont, he walked out of his study and headed toward Roseline’s room.
When he reached the doorway, he found her sitting on the couch, focused on her phone. The soft glow from the screen reflected on her face as her fingers moved quickly across it.
Hugo stepped inside.
Roseline looked up at the sound of his footsteps, but before she could say anything, Hugo stopped directly in front of her.
"Do you know anyone from George’s family?" he asked.
The question caught Roseline completely off guard.
"What?" she blurted out, clearly startled.
Hugo paused for a mont before speaking again, his voice calr this ti.
"I an, it’s obvious that soone from his family has reopened the case," he said. "And I intend to et them."
He kept his eyes fixed on her as he continued.
"But the problem is that I don’t know anyone from George’s side. Which is why I asked you. You were the one handling the court matters back then."
Hugo did not know why he felt the need to explain himself so much. Roseline had been there throughout the entire process. She knew exactly what he was referring to.
Yet sothing inside him wanted to see how she would react.
He wanted to test sothing.
Roseline’s fingers tightened slightly around her phone.
"I... I happened to et his wife," she said after a brief hesitation. "You know her as well."
Her voice was steady, but her heart was beating rapidly inside her chest.
"But apart from that," she continued quickly, "I didn’t et anyone else."
Roseline forced herself to remain calm, though the tension inside her was growing.
Her eyes lifted slowly to et Hugo’s.
His gaze was sharp and observant, as though he were carefully studying every detail of her expression.
The way he was looking at her made her pulse quicken.
Roseline had not expected Hugo to suddenly question her about George’s family.
Not like this.
For years the matter had remained buried in the past, sothing neither of them had spoken about again.
But now that the case had been reopened, it seed the past was beginning to surface once more.
And with it ca questions she had hoped would never be asked again.
"But from what I rember, his sister ca to et once," Hugo said slowly. "If I recall correctly, you were the one who brought her to see ."
His eyes sharpened as he finished speaking.
Roseline’s expression imdiately paled.
For a brief second, she forgot how to respond.
The mory rushed back to her with startling clarity.
She had almost convinced herself that Hugo had forgotten about that eting. After all, it had been years, and back then he had been far more concerned about Kathrine’s condition than anything else.
But clearly, he had not forgotten.
’She did co to et him before she left the country,’ Roseline thought, her heartbeat quickening.
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