"You…" Ethan Lockwood hesitated, as if wanting to say something in confidence. "Aren't you going to look at it before you sign?"
Alaric Davenport looked up at Ethan Lockwood. "You've already looked it over. What else is there for me to see?"
He had always trusted Ethan.
Ethan Lockwood pressed his lips together and nodded. He had, in fact, already reviewed it.
"I'm going to go check on Woody. I've pulled all the surveillance footage from a five-kilometer radius of the theater. Go through it frame by frame, and don't miss a single detail."
Ethan Lockwood nodded. He heaved a sigh of relief as he walked out.
The moment Ethan Lockwood sat down, he advanced the footage Alaric had just been watching by a single frame. In the corner of the screen, a crucial moment had been overlooked.
...
Every day that followed, Opal arranged all sorts of surprises for her.
She had no choice but to play along.
