Detective Byers leaned with his hands on the table. He studied the evidences135Please respect copyright.PENANAWHgsywAq7Z
from the murder of Ben Miller. Assistant Detective Chloe cleared her throat135Please respect copyright.PENANAICTozH3JIV
before she started speaking in order to attain Det.Byers attention.
“Ben Miller” she said picking up the shots of the crime scene from the135Please respect copyright.PENANAcr9n32SxGA
table, “The victim was found with a knife in his chest on Sunday afternoon at135Please respect copyright.PENANAsjlzM2lId4
twelve.” she examined the photos then looked up at detective Byers, “On135Please respect copyright.PENANARWYnx5Q6Hy
Saturday Ben miller left for work at 8am, at 6pm he went to have drinks with135Please respect copyright.PENANArQq64BBGPZ
his work colleagues.” she said while pointing at the screen playing the135Please respect copyright.PENANA62NXszkhP2
footages. “as you can see Ben went straight to his home at 9pm, he was home alone135Please respect copyright.PENANAU6lg2pcKf8
and no one left or entered the house.”
Detective Byers focused on the screen, “there is no sign of the killer.” He135Please respect copyright.PENANAnsgFFjJg6u
mumbled.
Chloe gazed at Detective Byers, “Soon after the body was found, it was sent135Please respect copyright.PENANAYK9JjMtiuC
for inspection. We came to know that there were fifty-seven stabbing points in135Please respect copyright.PENANAJxcTA6qt7w
the victims chest.” She said tapping her finger on the photographs. Detective135Please respect copyright.PENANAMPczP7S7tX
Byers took the snapshots and briefly scanned them.
“but almost two hours ago they sent a135Please respect copyright.PENANAn8pbNb3S6D
file from the observatory saying that the stabs in the body were with two135Please respect copyright.PENANAdefUzIyuzy
different weapons. One was found on the body and…”
“And the other weapon was not135Please respect copyright.PENANANDouWaFtxk
found.” he said completing her sentence, “do you remember Stephan Cages case?”135Please respect copyright.PENANAPMYM4btxvA
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 how135Please respect copyright.PENANAwhinaeaZXI
do they look alike?”
He ignored her question and said, “His daughter” he rubbed his forehead, “What135Please respect copyright.PENANAUQ3wRZ3fzr
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 straightened135Please respect copyright.PENANAtsZ8IwVb51
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 her135Please respect copyright.PENANA9etHbelItf
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 winter135Please respect copyright.PENANAdcxsd2R3X5
breeze on her face, she thought about the conversation between her and mike at135Please respect copyright.PENANAY2sqixLcMh
the café. She knew she can’t do it, knew she can’t risk losing a near and dear one135Please respect copyright.PENANAfmRIUoOkxM
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.”135Please respect copyright.PENANAqWoVHFLEpM
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 meet135Please respect copyright.PENANAKkoqLzKV9y
you regarding the slayer of your father, according to him he thinks you could135Please respect copyright.PENANADEWxtsE7zj
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 the135Please respect copyright.PENANAdGOBbvlpSK
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 believe135Please respect copyright.PENANAYYnYPhuluE
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 it135Please respect copyright.PENANAiFy1ZdyGqM
be the same killer?” she asked anxiously.
Mike glanced at her, “Can be” he said.
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