Facing Jeremy and Madeline's doubts, Daniel frowned. He seemed to look troubled.

“When I was going to pick up Ava from work yesterday evening, I ran into an old woman who had trouble walking. She was separated from her family. I figured that since it was still early, I would send her home, but who knew her home was so far away?

“When I wanted to tell Ava, I realized that I had lost my phone. There were no cars where the old woman lived, so I had to wait until this morning.”

Daniel frowned again. “I didn't expect this to happen.”

Gina was surprised after hearing what Daniel said.

“Dan, did you… Weren't you with that Ava last night?”

“No.”

“...” Gina had an embarrassed look on her face. She felt slightly embarrassed when she recalled what she said about Ava not long ago.

She even thought that Ava was deliberately making something unnecessarily complicated, but it turned out that Ava really had no idea where Daniel had gone.

“This is bad.” Madeline's heartstrings tightened, and h