Steve Burton first entered their bedroom and looked around without finding Ruby Gregory. He then went to the dressing room, changed his home clothes, and slowly walked towards the study.
The study was a mess, still in the same state as when he had smashed everything in the night before─with broken wood and glass all over the floor. Ruby's figure was nowhere to be found.
Steve stood at the doorway of the study for a while, then turned around and checked all the rooms on the second floor before going downstairs and continuing his search in the kitchen, terrace, and gym. After all that, he was sure that he was the only person in the massive 300-square-meter apartment.
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After Madeleine and Howard Coleman got their marriage certificate, they lived directly in his apartment. Every night, Madeleine would hold the big red mandarin duck pillow given by Ruby and tossed around, thinking about which woman Howard was with, before falling into a daze and drifting off to sleep.
