
Detective Byers leaned with his hands on the table. He studied the evidences275Please respect copyright.PENANABVnCoYWDCc
from the murder of Ben Miller. Assistant Detective Chloe cleared her throat275Please respect copyright.PENANAlhgMO9fWC4
before she started speaking in order to attain Det.Byers attention.
“Ben Miller” she said picking up the shots of the crime scene from the275Please respect copyright.PENANAlDqru8meyv
table, “The victim was found with a knife in his chest on Sunday afternoon at275Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7Z6n6GWNF
twelve.” she examined the photos then looked up at detective Byers, “On275Please respect copyright.PENANAXEqHjqroNU
Saturday Ben miller left for work at 8am, at 6pm he went to have drinks with275Please respect copyright.PENANAee67EGebFe
his work colleagues.” she said while pointing at the screen playing the275Please respect copyright.PENANA8Jlk8aBrhG
footages. “as you can see Ben went straight to his home at 9pm, he was home alone275Please respect copyright.PENANA3sXW5liDC0
and no one left or entered the house.”
Detective Byers focused on the screen, “there is no sign of the killer.” He275Please respect copyright.PENANAe0BRrrsHv1
mumbled.
Chloe gazed at Detective Byers, “Soon after the body was found, it was sent275Please respect copyright.PENANAmKunJy2MLY
for inspection. We came to know that there were fifty-seven stabbing points in275Please respect copyright.PENANAYqbS9vU7af
the victims chest.” She said tapping her finger on the photographs. Detective275Please respect copyright.PENANAB3ZO5YoULt
Byers took the snapshots and briefly scanned them.
“but almost two hours ago they sent a275Please respect copyright.PENANAsZAEYcVni6
file from the observatory saying that the stabs in the body were with two275Please respect copyright.PENANAQd0JTADU4b
different weapons. One was found on the body and…”
“And the other weapon was not275Please respect copyright.PENANAoN6oFPKE0n
found.” he said completing her sentence, “do you remember Stephan Cages case?”275Please respect copyright.PENANAKQZQqotW18
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 how275Please respect copyright.PENANATleCCj4hzk
do they look alike?”
He ignored her question and said, “His daughter” he rubbed his forehead, “What275Please respect copyright.PENANASSzHitiIwk
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 straightened275Please respect copyright.PENANAI7O9yaRatr
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 her275Please respect copyright.PENANAtWLxA34acg
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 winter275Please respect copyright.PENANANQ2IREeL1G
breeze on her face, she thought about the conversation between her and mike at275Please respect copyright.PENANAdJjEYPPxv2
the café. She knew she can’t do it, knew she can’t risk losing a near and dear one275Please respect copyright.PENANA79FvytFOU8
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.”275Please respect copyright.PENANALgK9xLM5EH
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 meet275Please respect copyright.PENANAqoyzWVcYQ3
you regarding the slayer of your father, according to him he thinks you could275Please respect copyright.PENANATXtgD0fmNB
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 the275Please respect copyright.PENANA6cRArF1vr8
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 believe275Please respect copyright.PENANA3FJGk78A90
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 it275Please respect copyright.PENANAjRTM7LMJF3
be the same killer?” she asked anxiously.
Mike glanced at her, “Can be” he said.
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