Page 182 of Oracle Returns: Time will Stop

“Consult, huh? Okay, I’ll bite. What’s up? You said it was urgent. I’m assuming it’s related to the situation, but I don’t know how I can come in handy here.”

Oh, well, sharing was caring.

Here was the fine line for both of them. It wasn’t that Hart wasn’t a cop. They knew the man could keep his mouth shut. It was all because of Ridge.

No one wanted to air his dirty laundry all over the town, but they were having to do just that.

Neither woman wanted it to come across as them gossiping about this situation.

But they needed his help and had to get him caught up.

Because Wynter’s phone had closed again, and they only had the pictures that Honor took of what they’d found, they showed him.

As they pulled them up, Bishop told him what was going on.

“We went for an autopsy update, and to get into Wyn’s phone,” she said. “It’s locked with her fingerprint.”

So far, that sounded normal.

“Okay, and? I know you were also scheduled to question the doctor because he’s been in contact with the patients.”

And that was why they were here in front of his office.

The rest…

Well, that was the sketchy part.

So, they told him.

“She was seeing him, too. We think depression post-partum, but on top of that, we found this.”

He pulled off his sunglasses and took the cop’s phone. As they showed him the text that was on Wynter’s phone, and Hart read it, his eyes went huge.

That was when he looked up at them, and he said the obvious.

“Oh, you can’t tell Ridge this. He’s already a mess. This is going to push him over the edge and make him suicidal.”

Yeah, they were aware that there was one more problem related to this case.

Only, they needed to do it.

They knew he wasn’t a suspect, since he’d been with everyone as they raced to Raven’s shop to check on Genesis.

So that wasn’t a concern, like it normally would be.

He’d been cleared.

What it would come down to was Lucian staying with him, ensuring he didn’t do anything ridiculous.

Because the man had a right to know. If his wife was having an affair, he might be able to get past the guilt once he had time to heal.

Either way, no one wanted to break Ridge, despite having to tell him the truth.

Yeah, this was a shitty predicament for all of them to be in as they were investigating it.

“How many people know?” Hart asked. “We should probably keep this to a minimum.”

That was the plan, since there were only so many people in the office, and then Hart, who they called in.