Detective Byers leaned with his hands on the table. He studied the evidences136Please respect copyright.PENANA5jWBSITTtn
from the murder of Ben Miller. Assistant Detective Chloe cleared her throat136Please respect copyright.PENANAu7NReaDwbi
before she started speaking in order to attain Det.Byers attention.
“Ben Miller” she said picking up the shots of the crime scene from the136Please respect copyright.PENANA3xzyMYFCYO
table, “The victim was found with a knife in his chest on Sunday afternoon at136Please respect copyright.PENANAya1UcGVW0N
twelve.” she examined the photos then looked up at detective Byers, “On136Please respect copyright.PENANApQWHTcMwfI
Saturday Ben miller left for work at 8am, at 6pm he went to have drinks with136Please respect copyright.PENANAOD5D6y5sAE
his work colleagues.” she said while pointing at the screen playing the136Please respect copyright.PENANAuxx2Z45daI
footages. “as you can see Ben went straight to his home at 9pm, he was home alone136Please respect copyright.PENANACTFlqHy52K
and no one left or entered the house.”
Detective Byers focused on the screen, “there is no sign of the killer.” He136Please respect copyright.PENANAkTQEqvTztB
mumbled.
Chloe gazed at Detective Byers, “Soon after the body was found, it was sent136Please respect copyright.PENANA6kwKODvnH3
for inspection. We came to know that there were fifty-seven stabbing points in136Please respect copyright.PENANAGbmIQs3tD6
the victims chest.” She said tapping her finger on the photographs. Detective136Please respect copyright.PENANAyyqOAffuWL
Byers took the snapshots and briefly scanned them.
“but almost two hours ago they sent a136Please respect copyright.PENANAn2lSYHNG4H
file from the observatory saying that the stabs in the body were with two136Please respect copyright.PENANAfepc0dnAim
different weapons. One was found on the body and…”
“And the other weapon was not136Please respect copyright.PENANATXXV7EfUpG
found.” he said completing her sentence, “do you remember Stephan Cages case?”136Please respect copyright.PENANAMRQmnLr0Tr
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 how136Please respect copyright.PENANAzZu7YFXZJr
do they look alike?”
He ignored her question and said, “His daughter” he rubbed his forehead, “What136Please respect copyright.PENANAHrESmUu37L
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 straightened136Please respect copyright.PENANAwHepKm6U3r
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 her136Please respect copyright.PENANASsMHb3WyKt
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 winter136Please respect copyright.PENANAkzmAa2Fz1Q
breeze on her face, she thought about the conversation between her and mike at136Please respect copyright.PENANA9yERVEn7H5
the café. She knew she can’t do it, knew she can’t risk losing a near and dear one136Please respect copyright.PENANAbmdkbde5XV
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.”136Please respect copyright.PENANAwqglCDMrQZ
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 meet136Please respect copyright.PENANAtW9fsBgYfX
you regarding the slayer of your father, according to him he thinks you could136Please respect copyright.PENANAYgJbKp6gGF
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 the136Please respect copyright.PENANACNTE8ACCTF
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 believe136Please respect copyright.PENANAjIofoFgRjh
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 it136Please respect copyright.PENANAOHo2cXMfhN
be the same killer?” she asked anxiously.
Mike glanced at her, “Can be” he said.
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