Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 136

Briar stared at the surveillance footage expressionlessly. Although much of the important information had been tampered with or destroyed, ther still clues to be found if one was determined enough.

The footage playing on her laptop was from road surveillance near the entrance of Shoneport University the evening before.

Briar had specifically marked two female figures in the footage. They were Vivian Koch and Aneesa Ortega, the two victims who mysteriously vanished after leaving the school gate and were later found brutally murdered.

Her visit to the police station earlier hadn’t been in vain. She’d learned that those behind the incident were targeting her and Ashton. And these two innocent girls had lost their lives simply because they got caught in the crossfire.

As her eyes caught a fleeting image in the footage, Briar quickly hit the pause button. Then she zoomed in… and zoomed in again…

Her once emotionless face was replaced with a wild, defiant smirk. “Found you.”

The video revealed a barely visible figure flashing across the surveillance frame.

The person had received professional training. They were quick and deliberate in avoiding cameras. Had Briar not replayed the footage a dozen times and examined it frame by frame, she might’ve missed it too.

Even though the figure moved fast and the video had been blurred and edited, thanks to her top–tier hacking skills, Briar still managed to recognize who

it was.

It was Sawyer, the campus doctor they’d coincidentally encountered jogging outside the university gates that night.

Briar dug into his background using her computer. But oddly enough, the data on this seemingly ordinary Shoneport University doctor was completely inaccessible.

She was just about to tap into her underground hacker network when she paused. After a beat, she picked up her phone and called Ashton.

He picked up immediately. “Briar, what’s wrong?”

“Mr. Wade, are you free to come to my place?” she asked, hesitating slightly.

didn’t even ask why.

he agreed, Briar grabbed her

as soon as she sat down. “Briar, what did you

him. Hamish and Frank had followed along

her house, Briar was momentarily

real? Briar, did you find new evidence?” Frank was visibly excited when he saw the laptop on her lap. “You’re

and zoomed in to show everyone. “Here. See this

as Briar highlighted the frame, he recognized the man. “That’s Sawyer, the campus doctor we saw jogging outside the gates

I looked into his usual jogging route. It doesn’t match where he appeared that night,” Briar

Hamish both looked

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on! Briar, your computer skills are this good?

at him. “Is that

the video several times himself. After studying it

equally impressed. “Nice job, Briar. I’ll have my people dig into Sawyer right

over. “If Sawyer is involved, surface–level info won’t get

wasn’t ready to give up. “I’ll have them look into

expected, his people quickly responded that parts of

“Damn it!” Hamish muttered.

accessed with regular clearance.

pulled out his phone and called Xavion in the Spoivania, asking him to dig into Sawyer’s

think your Uncle Thiago will realize Sawyer doesn’t belong

“He’s well–disguised. If Briar hadn’t caught

either.”

under ten minutes, delivering a full dossier on Sawyer. The most critical part was

timing of the victims‘ deaths overlaps with Sawyer’s jogging window,” Hamish said, glancing through the report. He didn’t even have time to be shocked that this man was

on the