Detective Byers leaned with his hands on the table. He studied the evidences141Please respect copyright.PENANACBsqWwOdt4
from the murder of Ben Miller. Assistant Detective Chloe cleared her throat141Please respect copyright.PENANAEzRkZZUyq7
before she started speaking in order to attain Det.Byers attention.
“Ben Miller” she said picking up the shots of the crime scene from the141Please respect copyright.PENANABuCQ6jAiOw
table, “The victim was found with a knife in his chest on Sunday afternoon at141Please respect copyright.PENANA4cqaGQoFFv
twelve.” she examined the photos then looked up at detective Byers, “On141Please respect copyright.PENANAk220YzwukF
Saturday Ben miller left for work at 8am, at 6pm he went to have drinks with141Please respect copyright.PENANAs0yloVEuzk
his work colleagues.” she said while pointing at the screen playing the141Please respect copyright.PENANAEclSSIwdwL
footages. “as you can see Ben went straight to his home at 9pm, he was home alone141Please respect copyright.PENANAfQcP0TfCE8
and no one left or entered the house.”
Detective Byers focused on the screen, “there is no sign of the killer.” He141Please respect copyright.PENANALkukGWeaNm
mumbled.
Chloe gazed at Detective Byers, “Soon after the body was found, it was sent141Please respect copyright.PENANASwmFiwHedY
for inspection. We came to know that there were fifty-seven stabbing points in141Please respect copyright.PENANAACQxl1Sx2y
the victims chest.” She said tapping her finger on the photographs. Detective141Please respect copyright.PENANAyadJj3j0O4
Byers took the snapshots and briefly scanned them.
“but almost two hours ago they sent a141Please respect copyright.PENANAWxURBsh0pl
file from the observatory saying that the stabs in the body were with two141Please respect copyright.PENANA2kOyKkNWrM
different weapons. One was found on the body and…”
“And the other weapon was not141Please respect copyright.PENANAH8fiGUyUJQ
found.” he said completing her sentence, “do you remember Stephan Cages case?”141Please respect copyright.PENANAW5gp0XMsb5
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 how141Please respect copyright.PENANACy1KR0mUT0
do they look alike?”
He ignored her question and said, “His daughter” he rubbed his forehead, “What141Please respect copyright.PENANAbEwxRWgJk1
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 straightened141Please respect copyright.PENANAfqxjbZFxmy
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 her141Please respect copyright.PENANAlSgdLypIIb
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 winter141Please respect copyright.PENANAxrYJfWFT3e
breeze on her face, she thought about the conversation between her and mike at141Please respect copyright.PENANAHWV03Rk6Xy
the café. She knew she can’t do it, knew she can’t risk losing a near and dear one141Please respect copyright.PENANAVPTRv7xTQA
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.”141Please respect copyright.PENANAHBptP4VOLy
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 meet141Please respect copyright.PENANAOq0eUfrQis
you regarding the slayer of your father, according to him he thinks you could141Please respect copyright.PENANARYsxaNlzy0
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 the141Please respect copyright.PENANA0ucMxN3UnZ
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 believe141Please respect copyright.PENANAFBUKByVns0
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 it141Please respect copyright.PENANAbNK82dzr6G
be the same killer?” she asked anxiously.
Mike glanced at her, “Can be” he said.
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