Detective Byers leaned with his hands on the table. He studied the evidences138Please respect copyright.PENANASMZNQ9ailI
from the murder of Ben Miller. Assistant Detective Chloe cleared her throat138Please respect copyright.PENANA6gXFSt44IT
before she started speaking in order to attain Det.Byers attention.
“Ben Miller” she said picking up the shots of the crime scene from the138Please respect copyright.PENANAc2pdZKBwJj
table, “The victim was found with a knife in his chest on Sunday afternoon at138Please respect copyright.PENANAm745gR9l2x
twelve.” she examined the photos then looked up at detective Byers, “On138Please respect copyright.PENANAFTKEPVIaqB
Saturday Ben miller left for work at 8am, at 6pm he went to have drinks with138Please respect copyright.PENANApZiZE7mH3m
his work colleagues.” she said while pointing at the screen playing the138Please respect copyright.PENANAmYq6a7Tz43
footages. “as you can see Ben went straight to his home at 9pm, he was home alone138Please respect copyright.PENANA3au13pz9Sa
and no one left or entered the house.”
Detective Byers focused on the screen, “there is no sign of the killer.” He138Please respect copyright.PENANALBdFsW3G7m
mumbled.
Chloe gazed at Detective Byers, “Soon after the body was found, it was sent138Please respect copyright.PENANAdXtmKKiCJ1
for inspection. We came to know that there were fifty-seven stabbing points in138Please respect copyright.PENANAZgoHVcPe1m
the victims chest.” She said tapping her finger on the photographs. Detective138Please respect copyright.PENANAHBpt6zzhaA
Byers took the snapshots and briefly scanned them.
“but almost two hours ago they sent a138Please respect copyright.PENANA81vBByYfcA
file from the observatory saying that the stabs in the body were with two138Please respect copyright.PENANAGvpNUK2olb
different weapons. One was found on the body and…”
“And the other weapon was not138Please respect copyright.PENANAQkahnLqqmM
found.” he said completing her sentence, “do you remember Stephan Cages case?”138Please respect copyright.PENANAJjobUWfkD4
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 how138Please respect copyright.PENANA7HHCmXBmiT
do they look alike?”
He ignored her question and said, “His daughter” he rubbed his forehead, “What138Please respect copyright.PENANABLs3XGVbq0
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 straightened138Please respect copyright.PENANAnQMYQOCewx
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 her138Please respect copyright.PENANAT1s1iyYqgk
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 winter138Please respect copyright.PENANA9ytKRiW0oP
breeze on her face, she thought about the conversation between her and mike at138Please respect copyright.PENANAYVQRv6tqmE
the café. She knew she can’t do it, knew she can’t risk losing a near and dear one138Please respect copyright.PENANAMqTiV8uunT
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.”138Please respect copyright.PENANAnqBtlJBrQA
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 meet138Please respect copyright.PENANAwomiIrg8zp
you regarding the slayer of your father, according to him he thinks you could138Please respect copyright.PENANAwgyFOKzhFX
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 the138Please respect copyright.PENANAnGvIFb16xm
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 believe138Please respect copyright.PENANATPoDAlJDDg
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 it138Please respect copyright.PENANAgLT2a5KBIY
be the same killer?” she asked anxiously.
Mike glanced at her, “Can be” he said.
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