Detective Byers leaned with his hands on the table. He studied the evidences129Please respect copyright.PENANAsDOLNanaRr
from the murder of Ben Miller. Assistant Detective Chloe cleared her throat129Please respect copyright.PENANAHtPeMdCoPt
before she started speaking in order to attain Det.Byers attention.
“Ben Miller” she said picking up the shots of the crime scene from the129Please respect copyright.PENANAifpcExUWYD
table, “The victim was found with a knife in his chest on Sunday afternoon at129Please respect copyright.PENANAzr0NajGb3g
twelve.” she examined the photos then looked up at detective Byers, “On129Please respect copyright.PENANAFWRzPQi45R
Saturday Ben miller left for work at 8am, at 6pm he went to have drinks with129Please respect copyright.PENANAaFteuE0Ado
his work colleagues.” she said while pointing at the screen playing the129Please respect copyright.PENANApEs8XoRdO9
footages. “as you can see Ben went straight to his home at 9pm, he was home alone129Please respect copyright.PENANAEiokj7ifm9
and no one left or entered the house.”
Detective Byers focused on the screen, “there is no sign of the killer.” He129Please respect copyright.PENANAzb2JLcv4PM
mumbled.
Chloe gazed at Detective Byers, “Soon after the body was found, it was sent129Please respect copyright.PENANAmrZHEeER65
for inspection. We came to know that there were fifty-seven stabbing points in129Please respect copyright.PENANAWLsG36m4qO
the victims chest.” She said tapping her finger on the photographs. Detective129Please respect copyright.PENANA28OFbI8TlR
Byers took the snapshots and briefly scanned them.
“but almost two hours ago they sent a129Please respect copyright.PENANActulq2ATbw
file from the observatory saying that the stabs in the body were with two129Please respect copyright.PENANAZAlKIwZ3YO
different weapons. One was found on the body and…”
“And the other weapon was not129Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ang4pX7EC
found.” he said completing her sentence, “do you remember Stephan Cages case?”129Please respect copyright.PENANAsOrEXC52Zh
he frowned at the screen, “I don’t know why but these cases look alike”
“Yes, we worked on it two years ago.” she said studying the files, “but how129Please respect copyright.PENANAp8ctqCeoRU
do they look alike?”
He ignored her question and said, “His daughter” he rubbed his forehead, “What129Please respect copyright.PENANAO3MU3vBo9H
was her name?”
“Lilly Cage.” she said facing towards him.
“hm…run a background check on her, let’s see what she’s got.” he straightened129Please respect copyright.PENANAow28pnK8Y1
back and left the door open.
“No shit!” she said to herself and heaved a sigh.
* * *
Mike stared Lilly for a while and said,
“I really, really need your help this time.” he said as he held her hands.
“Mike, I can’t” she wept, “you know what happened to dad.”
“Whatever happened, it was not your fault” He said wiping away her tears.
There was a long silence, Lilly sat looking at her hands and thinking about her129Please respect copyright.PENANAUp1s7km8Wf
father. Mike was on his knees watching her breath slowly.
“I want to go home.” Lilly sniffled softly.
“Hm , I’ll take you home.” he said concernedly.
Lilly rolled down the car window. She closed her eyes and felt the winter129Please respect copyright.PENANANst6fcMzLg
breeze on her face, she thought about the conversation between her and mike at129Please respect copyright.PENANAEK2t3xfMok
the café. She knew she can’t do it, knew she can’t risk losing a near and dear one129Please respect copyright.PENANAyx3r55es2A
again. Lilly’s phone ranged,
“Hello?” she said into the phone.
“Hi Lilly!” the caller said.
“Chloe?” Lilly said in amazement, “it’s been so long”
“I know right, you me working together, it literally feels like yesterday.”129Please respect copyright.PENANANWAqVsTw3D
Chloe said warmly, “why don’t you think about returning.”
Lilly’s face dropped, “Chloe, let’s not start this topic.”
“Well it doesn’t seem like you have a choice.” Chloe said.
Lilly frowned, “what do you mean?”
“I mean that detective Byers who is here from California, he wants to meet129Please respect copyright.PENANAxSeuvTCwHp
you regarding the slayer of your father, according to him he thinks you could129Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZaPh6pxlT
be a little helpful.” She replied.
“Helpful for what?” Lilly asked in confusion.
“You don’t know” Chloe said.
“No?” she said still frowning.
“There’s a murder in town.” Chloe informed.
“What!” she exclaimed.
Lilly hung up on the phone and turned towards mike, she was shocked by the129Please respect copyright.PENANAFIKXNtl7bu
news Chloe gave. Mike stopped the car and faced Lilly.
“What happened?” he asked curiously.
Lilly looked at her phone and then at Mike, “Murder” she said trying to believe129Please respect copyright.PENANAjG8XWjUwlT
what she heard.
Mike peered at her, “What?” he asked.
“There’s a murder.” Lilly responded.
Mike swore under his breath and leaned against the car seat.
“She said that the detective wants to meet me regarding dads slayer. Can it129Please respect copyright.PENANAgX72OgUcr0
be the same killer?” she asked anxiously.
Mike glanced at her, “Can be” he said.
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