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Alex sighed deeply and wiped the tears away from Juliet's eyes... she was trying to catch her breath and stopped crying, but the more he wiped her tears away and tried to console her, the more tears escaped her eyes... she should be the one to console him, not the him... but her heart broke for him. she felt like her heart was being stabbed and squeezed, and her hand travelled to his face and caressed it softly... juliet wiped away the tears that had escaped it and leaned closer to plant a soft kiss on his face... her kiss was as soft as a feather, and she kissed away his tears... "I'm sorry," Alex said when he saw the state she was in because of him... Juliet shook her head and drew him into her arms... she had no idea how his mother could do such a thing to him... she had no idea how Alex could live like this with so much pain in his heart and still act like he was okay... she understood his panic attacks now, and she wanted him to heal and be okay... she wanted to help him in the best way possible... "I tried going in there over the years because I had this thought that if I could, then I could overcome it, but anytime I tried to... my chest tightens, " He said in a low voice and sighed deeply... Alex broke the hug and tugged a few strands of juliet hair behind her ear... he wiped away her remaining tears and smiled at her... "But maybe this time I can overcome it," He said, and she nodded.. "I'm going to help you to," She assured firmly, and Alex nodded... he trusted her and hoped that maybe one day they could finally live the life they wanted in peace... ________________ _________________ "Is this the house?" Patrick asked the private investigator he hired when they arrived in front of a house that looked completely abandoned... "Yes sir, this is where Glenda Reynolds lived for a while before she started working with the Graham family" Patrick got out of the car the P.I following behind him as they walked towards the run down house... he was sure he wasn't going to find anything in there... the house was set to be demolished soon after being abandoned for more than twenty years... "I tried to see if we could delay the demolishion, but there was nothing I could do... but we can just check it out, " Adam said to Patrick as he pushed open the door that was half broken... it was a one bedroom apartment and the living room was really small... all the properties were still left inside. but most of it was covered in mould and dust... He walked further into the house and headed straight to the bedroom to search for anything that could help, but most of the things in the room had destroyed... but what caught his attention was the fact that most things around the room were completely scattered... he would have thought it was probably the wind because of the broken window, but the lock on the wardrobe had been broken off and each of the drawers on the side had been tossed around the room, the contents scattered everywhere probably by the wind... Patrick sighed deeply as he stared at the mess, wondering if he was just overthinking things... He ran his hand through his hair and tugged on it a little... He thought he was on to something, but he was afraid he was at a dead end once again... He wanted to find out who the supposed lover fredrick hult thought his wife was having an affair with was... maybe finding this person could shed more light into things, but nothing absolutely nothing led him to this person... he had no leads, no name... no address! nothing! it was like this person's never existed, and he was having second thoughts about everything... did Michelle really have an affair like her husband had suspected, or had he just been speculating like he was doing now... but then what about Glenda, who murdered her then... why was she murdered? had he been just a random crime or a fight gone wrong... no, she had been stabbed, not once but multiple times... if it was a random crime, then she wouldn't have been left in such a state... "Patrick," He heard the private investigator call out to him... Patrick turned to look at Adam, who had gone through the remaining part of the house... Adam was one of the best when he came his job, and most of the cases he oversaw were always solved, but this case was giving him a bit of a headache... "What do you think?" Patrick asked and watched in silence as Adam walked around the room, his eyes scanning the room... "I think someone has been in here before us, but nor today," Adam said, confirming Patrick suspicion... "It might seem like the house is in this state because it was abandoned. but that isn't the case... the entire house was ransacked, " Adam added, and Patrick sighed deeply... "Probably by someone who was afraid someone would find out about them... someone who had something to hide, " Patrick said, and then both men said in unison,"The culprit. " That was the only plausible explanation... if Glenda had really seen something she shouldn't have like proof that Michelle was cheating on her husband them the culprit would have gone though her house to check if she had any evidence and if she did then the person would get rid of it... everything pointed to Michelle once again... the more they digged deeper, the more Michelle became a prime suspect... she seemed to be the only one with a clear motive... "We just have to find out who the culprit his," Patrick muttered, his eyes filled with determination while a part of him wished it was Michelle..