Chapter 97 Final Verdict

• They call Adrien to the stand. I watch him walk up with a serious expression on his face. The defense attorney stands in front of him, maintaining an intense and penetrating gaze, as if he wants to challenge him with his eyes.
• — Can you tell us how you knew where your wife was? — he asks.
• — Of course — Adrien replies — since my wife’s accident, I hired a detective to look for Miss Balens. When these people called me — he says, pointing to Ryan and Ericka — I logically asked him to start searching for my wife.