CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE - The Truth Revealed

Ella was reviewing footage from the restaurant's back entrance when she saw something that made her heart skip a beat. There, in the grainy black-and-white video, was Rebecca, engaged in what appeared to be a heated argument with a man Ella didn't recognize. "Lucas!" she called out, her voice trembling with excitement and fear. "I think I found something!" He rushed over, leaning in to peer at the screen. They watched in silence as the argument played out, ending with Rebecca shoving the man away and storming back into the restaurant. "Who is that?" Lucas asked, his voice tense. Ella shook her head. "I don't know. I've never seen him before. But look at the timestamp - this was just three days before Thornton's death." They looked at each other, the implications of this discovery sinking in. Could this mysterious man be connected to Rebecca's disappearance? To Thornton's death? "We need to show this to Detective Reeves," Lucas said, already reaching for his phone. But as he dial