My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 258
Rowan looked at her disapprovingly as she set her coffee aside. Just as he was about to speak, the phone in his pocket rang.
Rowan glanced at the caller ID and signaled at Nicole to hold for a moment. Nicole raised her eyebrows as she watched
Rowan’s retreating figure. Nevertheless, no emotions could be seen in her eyes. Rowan ended his call very quickly and returned.
He had a slight frown; it was as if he was thinking about something. “Nicole, I’ve got some errands to run. I don’t think I can make
it back to bid you goodbye. I’ll get someone to watch over your patient later.” ; Nicole did not have any objections, so she nodded
understandingly. Rowan stared at Nicole; a hint of unusual emotion could be seen in his eyes. He sighed, “Who knows when I’ll
be seeing you again?”
Nicole met his somewhat gloomy eyes when she heard him speak. Her voice was calm, “I’m currently in San Joto. If you wish to
see me, you can hit me up any time.” Rowan widened his eyes, “Why didn’t you say so! Bye!” Without any hesitation, he walked
out the door. He strode toward the Cuckoo and gave Nicole
a backhanded wave.
Nicole smiled as she watched his back.
Shawn was currently busy investigating something. He looked at the information in front of him with confusion.
As per Harvey’s request, he was investigating Nicole’s records from when she was in Great Oak. He gazed deeply at the
ordinary-looking records. The more ordinary something looks, the darker the secrets they hide. He skimmed through the
information. Initially, he truly believed that Nicole was not someone out of the ordinary. However, now that he was presented with
such information, he felt like something was amiss.
From the way Christo treated Nicole to the way Harvey unbridledly made such a request, all of these incidents befuddled
Shawn.
He grabbed his phone and gave Harvey a call. When the line connected, a cold voice sounded from the other end.
“What’s the matter?”
Shawn frowned. He immediately sensed that Harvey was not in a good mood. Regardless, he still had to inform him of the
findings from his investigation.
“I’ve seen all of Nicole’s records in Great Oak. I didn’t miss anything, but...”

Harvey squinted slightly. He was sitting in the middle of a worn-out ward. He stared at the pale yellow wallpaper; it used to look
cozy but was now tattered and had light mildew stains.
Across Harvey was a frail middle-aged man with lifeless eyes. The man was curled at the end of his bed and did not look at
Harvey, who was sitting beside him. He was but looking at the sky outside his window.
Harvey stared at him and asked softly, “But what?”
Shawn gritted his teeth before continuing, “It seems a little too ordinary; I’ve got a hunch that it isn’t authentic.”
‘Someone must have modified Nicole’s records,’ he thought.
Harvey lifted his eyes to meet Shawn’s as if he were aware of it. He chuckled, “Is that so? Who do you think did it?”
‘Since Shawn is bringing this up in front of me, he must have some suspicions.’ he thought.
As expected, Shawn paused for a moment after hearing his question. He then said with some struggle, “Harvey, all of these
clues are pointing to—”.
“The Ellison family.”