
Detective Byers leaned with his hands on the table. He studied the evidences262Please respect copyright.PENANA1SScn74MyB
from the murder of Ben Miller. Assistant Detective Chloe cleared her throat262Please respect copyright.PENANAhUAerr2GxK
before she started speaking in order to attain Det.Byers attention.
“Ben Miller” she said picking up the shots of the crime scene from the262Please respect copyright.PENANAtGTdLwETaa
table, “The victim was found with a knife in his chest on Sunday afternoon at262Please respect copyright.PENANAnXP8gJGREs
twelve.” she examined the photos then looked up at detective Byers, “On262Please respect copyright.PENANAdOUOtUzsF3
Saturday Ben miller left for work at 8am, at 6pm he went to have drinks with262Please respect copyright.PENANARUxNYKZXfY
his work colleagues.” she said while pointing at the screen playing the262Please respect copyright.PENANA5h6hsuSIQk
footages. “as you can see Ben went straight to his home at 9pm, he was home alone262Please respect copyright.PENANA1d9lbV0AxV
and no one left or entered the house.”
Detective Byers focused on the screen, “there is no sign of the killer.” He262Please respect copyright.PENANAJS11Eg87fU
mumbled.
Chloe gazed at Detective Byers, “Soon after the body was found, it was sent262Please respect copyright.PENANASGOP91ifbg
for inspection. We came to know that there were fifty-seven stabbing points in262Please respect copyright.PENANAdyMvmnRvGW
the victims chest.” She said tapping her finger on the photographs. Detective262Please respect copyright.PENANASbHzw2lkS8
Byers took the snapshots and briefly scanned them.
“but almost two hours ago they sent a262Please respect copyright.PENANA2bFUdrvT4d
file from the observatory saying that the stabs in the body were with two262Please respect copyright.PENANAqWxkmXGkc6
different weapons. One was found on the body and…”
“And the other weapon was not262Please respect copyright.PENANAuPjf1R6UuI
found.” he said completing her sentence, “do you remember Stephan Cages case?”262Please respect copyright.PENANA7g8vQtaf8R
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 how262Please respect copyright.PENANAyY2wBoh70T
do they look alike?”
He ignored her question and said, “His daughter” he rubbed his forehead, “What262Please respect copyright.PENANAdHxlRqNMMc
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 straightened262Please respect copyright.PENANAGAPth5WHvf
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 her262Please respect copyright.PENANAcPmOYN9UUg
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 winter262Please respect copyright.PENANAywllKLnbIJ
breeze on her face, she thought about the conversation between her and mike at262Please respect copyright.PENANA1cl8Sf0WAD
the café. She knew she can’t do it, knew she can’t risk losing a near and dear one262Please respect copyright.PENANAUy31iJLmCk
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.”262Please respect copyright.PENANAtOQSJNmws6
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 meet262Please respect copyright.PENANA16UByQVYNf
you regarding the slayer of your father, according to him he thinks you could262Please respect copyright.PENANAu8VlmRiwi2
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 the262Please respect copyright.PENANAJ2vlqVJpO3
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 believe262Please respect copyright.PENANAc04cz5Muzk
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 it262Please respect copyright.PENANA6nOgGobzWy
be the same killer?” she asked anxiously.
Mike glanced at her, “Can be” he said.
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