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Olive swallowed hard as she continued to stare at the photo. “I am. That woman’s name is Adriana.”

“That’s correct.” Surprise lined his voice. “Adriana Peters. How did you know?”

She considered what to say. Did she want to throw Jason under the bus by bringing him into this? Of course, he was already a part of this, thanks to that security footage Tevin had uncovered.

This news, however, would take that suspicion to a new level. If Jason became a top suspect to Rex, then Olive wouldn’t be able to protect him.

To protect him? That was the first time she realized she even had that desire.

What was she thinking? She needed to remain objective. She couldn’t properly investigate otherwise.

Despite that realization Olive found herself saying, “She’s a friend of a friend.”

Rex grunted. “That’s definitely a connection you’ll want to look into.”

She stared at the smiling face of the woman, an angry pulse of heat flowing through her veins. This was definitely the same woman Olive had seen in the photo that popped up on Jason’s phone when Adriana had called him.

“Oh, believe me, I will.”

She thanked Rex and then ended the call.

As she placed her phone back on her desk, she continued to stare at Adriana’s smiling face.

Then she remembered Jason’s image in the security footage. Images that showed him in the SCI corridor right before Beau was murdered.

Were Jason and Adriana in on this together? Had Adriana gotten close to Beau in order to find out certain information? Beau was the Head of Development for the company. He knew things other people didn’t.

Right now, it was the only thing that made sense.

Had Jason been tricking her with his gallant act this whole time?

Olive wasn’t sure. But as anger coursed through her, one thing was certain: She needed to know the truth. She couldn’t wait any longer.

She needed to talk to Jason.

Wasting no more time, she grabbed her purse and hurried downstairs. Jason’s office was located on the first floor, near the metal detectors.

But as she knocked on his door, there was no answer.

“Jason left,” Sonny called from near the front door.

Olive paced toward the security guard. “What? I just talked to him not long ago.”

Sonny shrugged. “He’s my boss so I don’t ask questions. I try to stay in my lane. But he told me an emergency popped up and he needed to head home.”

That sounded suspicious.

What if the truth was that Jason needed to leave because of the information Bennett had just shared? Maybe he needed to act on it. Maybe he even needed to silence Bennett because he knew too much.

Olive wasn’t sure, but she needed to figure this out.

If Jason was up to something, she needed to stop him . . . for more than one reason.

CHAPTER 28

It didn’t take long for Tevin to find Jason’s home address for Olive.

As soon as she had it, she jumped in her car and took off toward his house. Her GPS indicated she was still forty minutes away.