Chapter 439

As Naomi entered the hospital room, she saw Brendan finishing a phone call by the window. When he saw Naomi, he calmly said, "There you are." Naomi placed her bag on the nearby cabinet and cut straight to the point. "Was the fire seven years ago an electrical accident? If it was, why did you tell Ronald to stop investigating?" Naomi's directness made Brendan pause. At that moment, he hadn't imagined it at all. Seven years later, that fire was brought up like this, and by Naomi and Ronald, no less. Brendan was taken aback for a moment. Naomi asked again, "Brendan, do you have evidence? If you do, why haven't you brought it forward? What are you hiding?" Ronald had said that Brendan had told him to stop investigating the incident. Naomi knew without asking that Brendan must have evidence, maybe even the deleted surveillance footage. He was hiding something. Moreover, that fire had nearly cost him and Sophia their lives. This wasn't Brendan's usual approach. Given the gravity of th