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Alex short vacation with juliet ended faster than he wanted, and even though he didn't want to, they both had to go to work... Patrick was waiting for Alex to get to work, and before Alex could settle into his office, he was there already to share the information he had with Alex... "Sir, there is something you need to know," Patrick said, not being able to keep all that he found out to himself anymore... he had found out a bit too much, and if whoever had a hand in Glenda's death was watching from the shadows, that meant he might be in danger too... at least Alex should know in case anything should happen to him.... "Did you find out something" Alex asked curious to know what Patrick had found out and Patrick didn't even know where to begin, he sighed deeply and ran his hand through his hair as he thought about to start telling Alex the information he had... "I hired a private investigator a while ago to find out more about Glenda, and he managed to find her brother..." Patrick started, he then went on to tell Alex about everything Mr Reynolds had told him and now Glenda had met The late Mr Graham... Alex just stood there listening to everything Patrick was saying without interrupting, and when Patrick was finally done, he needed a moment to process all the information..."So my father was the one who asked to form a fake identity," Alex said, and Patrick nodded... "Yes, sir, I'm sure Glenda didn't mean any harm. she was just doing as she was instructed to do, but I think she found out what she shouldn't have, and that might have led to what happened to her. but it's only just my speculations. I'm not certain, sir... I'm still looking into it for more information. " Alex got up from behind his desk and walked to his glass... his eyes were on the busy afternoon streets of Everton... his mind reeling... "So my mother is a suspect," He said, and Patrick couldn't say yes to that. he just couldn't...the Michelle he knew could be overbearing but he was certain she couldn't hurt a fly but sadly everything was slowly pointing towards her, making everything even more complicated...Patrick was trying his best to rule her out as a suspect but each turn he took, Michelle seemed to keep popping up... "So she died because my father and mother might have been responsible, but nothing is certain yet. Everything is just speculations, like a reasonable doubt." Alex summarised everything, and Patrick nodded... "Yes sir." Alex turned to look at his trusted ally and asked, "What do you think? Do you think my mother could be capable of such a thing?" Patrick was silent for a few seconds before he responded "no sir... I don't think your mother is capable of such a thing... what about you sir, do you think your mother is?" "I don't know Patrick... I don't know anymore... my father must have had a good reason why he would hire a fake nanny instead of hiring a private investigator to watch her... he had the resources to find out anything he wanted, so why would he revert to such tactics, I'm curious about that, what was my mother hiding?" Patrick felt a bit guilty for hiding some really important information from Alex like that fact that Glenda and his father went to high-school together and the fact that Glenda was going to run away with Alex when he was still a child... it made Michelle a more likely suspect because who wouldn't be pissed if they found out such information... even he would if he was in such a complicated situation... he felt like he was close to the truth, but Patrick was afraid that if he told Alex the whole truth, then Alex might content Michelle about it... he couldn't risk that happening... he just needed a short time, then he would tell Alex everything... "I have people working to find out more information, sir, and I think we are getting close to the truth..." Alex nodded and sighed deeply... "Maek, sure, everything is done discreetly. I don't want anyone finding out about this, especially not my mother," Alex said, and Patrick left his offic... Olivia was no longer in her seat when Patrick came out of alex's office, and he sighed in relief... he had been avoiding her since that day, and it seemed she had been doing the same too... but he wasn't sure how long they both could continue with it and... "Do you need something?" He heard her voice, and his heart skipped a beat.... Patrick turned to look at her and realised he was standing in front of her table and had been staring at her chair absentmindedly.... "No, I was just wondering where you went." He blurted out and wanted to face palm himself for being so blunt... "Oh, I was in the break room," Olivia responded, but not in her usual tone... She sounded serious and a bit... cold to Patrick... he swallowed when he realised what she was trying to do... was she trying to draw a line between the both of them... "I should get going," He said and walked away when an awkward silence appeared between the both of them... Olivia face palmed herself when he was gone and sighed deeply...after what happened the other day. she had decided to maybe act nonchalantly. Maybe then he would try not to avoid her, but her plan seemed to be going the opposite way... did she act too cold towards him... she sat down and sighed deeply...why was he so confusing sometimes he looked at her with so much warmth in his eyes and other times he avoided her like this. How could she avoid him and try to move on with her life when he kept confusing her and giving her mixed signals... did he have feelings for her or not... she couldn't wait forever to find out, because it was starting to look like she was going to