"We were married for three whole years! How could she possibly have nothing to do with me?" Ace sounded determined, making it seem like his absurd statement was reasonable.
Joanna stood behind him with mixed feelings stirring up in her chest.
She had never expected Ace to defend her in front of this many people, nor had she expected him to say all those things.
'Isn't he supposed to be the coldest and harshest person regarding our past marriage? Shouldn't he be expressing his disdain more than anything? What is he doing acting as if he cared?'
Christopher spoke up too. "Ace is right. We have no proof pointing to Miss Pierce pushing Cecilia off the cliff, so please do not make any hasty assumptions or use violence against her."
"Instead, we should split up into groups and look around the area… find Cecilia as soon as we can!"