Becoming Strangers Again by Lily

Chapter 116

RYAN

"I need to be somewhere," I informed Lily the moment I stepped into the bedroom.

She looked up from the pile of clothes on the bed that she intended on hanging in the closet. "You just got back." She pointed out with a frown, "Shouldn't you at least take a shower, have something to eat, and change before leaving?"

Closing the space between us, I kissed her forehead. "I won't long, I promise. I just want to meet up with, a business associate real quick."

"Right." She returned to lining the clothes. "Just make sure to be safe."

"I will." Hesitating out of the house, I grabbed my keys from Angelo. He insisted he wanted to drive me, but I told him I could handle it just fine.

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Pulling over to the restaurant where I had agreed to meet Detective Rio. He waved me over the moment I walked in.

"you know I can lose my job if they find out that I have been feeding you confidential information."

"I pay you for each piece of information you share, much higher than what you earn in a month, so don't make it seem as if you are doing me a favor."

He laughed nervously. "I guess you are right." He jerked his head towards the waiting counter. "should we order coffee?"

"What do you have for me, Rio?" I did not leave Lily to share a cup of coffee with him."

"So the phone has been found," he revealed already known information and we found out that she called a number that day she was killed."

My eyes squinted. "And have you been able to find out who the person is?"

He shook his head. "the number she called was also registered under her name." I scoffed at the irritating plot twist. "however, she also sent a series of texts to someone and we think those texts actually gave us a hint on who she must have been calling."

Why didn't he just say this from the onset? "What was the text about and who do you think she sent it to?"

Rio picked up his phone. "I am going to forward it to you." Within seconds, my phone chimed with received text.

up and opened

MARCH 11, 10:30 am

me out of here, why are you

MARCH 20 12 am

can't keep staying here Mr. Waper, please

Waper's name. Was he the one that killed

MARCH 31st 9:30 pm

now and she said Mr. Williams knows my location, please come and get me out of here before

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men get here.

MARCH 1st, 10 pm

you do, I am telling them you were the dog

RECEIVER

Lam on

was the

at the man before me. "So why

over to your place today" "My door is always open." I have

all

way home, I made a detour to the florist shop and got a bouquet

walked into the house and went in search of Lily. The staff told me that she was still in our bedroom. wondered if

and I

pushed the door ly jerked and quickly shoved her phone behind her out of reflex. My eyes narrowed. "What

I warned, closing the distance betweens, "why did you hide your phone the

outstretched her palm with her phone lying on it. "I just received a text

anger, not directed at her, but at tit lunatic who thinks he has the right to text her and to think he

clicked on

AROUND THAT WAS

breath, I lifted my head in time to see the fear in Lily's eyes. She licked her lips. "He has killed someone before Ryan, what

"Don't let this message stress you, Lily, he is not going to do anything" I assured her, trying to subdue my fears. "he was just opset and scared. When one is scared, they try to do things. that will make him believe that he