Rachel watched as the local coroner, accompanied by a few somber-faced deputies, gently moved Jackson's body onto a stretcher.

The air was thick with the scent of pine and tragedy as the coroner began his grim examination.

Abner, his face shadowed by the brim of his baseball cap, spoke up from the sidelines. "Check Phoebe too, will ya? Maybe there's

something fishy about her death as well."

Rachel shot him a glance, her green eyes sharp, but this tshe didn't object.

The results cback faster than anyone expected: both deaths were eerily similar, a fatal puncture to the brain with a sharp

needle.

Tobias, pale as the moon and only eleven years old, suddenly choked on his tears, his voice breaking the heavy silence. "It was

Queena. I saw her touch Phoebe's head, and then she just fell over. Queena's the killer."

His words were met with immediate disbelief. After all, Queena wasn't just anyone; she was the town's sole doctor, a woman of

education who had studied abroad.

Voices rose up in protest.

"Cut the kid sslack, he doesn't know what he's saying. Queena just treated his dad's injury last week!"

"Yeah, and why would she harm your dad, kiddo? They had no beef."

"Tobias, you're heartless! Has Queena ever been anything but kind to you?"

Tobias shrank back, suddenly unsure. It was true, Queena had always been good to him. But ever since Phoebe's incident, he'd

grown afraid of her.

Rachel, sensing the shift in the crowd, raised her hand for silence. Her gaze swept over the townsfolk. "Where's Queena?"

was nowhere to be found. Hadn't she just been there a moment

to Queena's house, only

stone-cold; a suspect on the

tcontacting the county police, rallying everyone to join the

Queena missing. Could

already boarded the bus heading to the county, taking the unconscious lan with her.

injections and was oblivious to the

the opportunity to

taking the keys.

lan belonged to her, and no one would

the bus driver's body

about to pursue by

moment before leading her team to

ten thousand dollars and a bank card before taking

own crew.

helicopters took off, chasing down

towards the county. But the county police had already

her no choice. She forced open lan's mouth, pushing a pill down his throat, then slit

blood.

toll station, Queena's

helicopters landed close behind, and Rachel prepared to hand Queena over to the county police.

the bus.

Queena was so intent on hiding.

had disappeared from Cania

still searching for

made

"Abner?"

"We've found lan."

"Oh, what?"

but his condition doesn't look good. I've got Queena too;

was utterly confused, not even sure who Queena was. He was impatient to get the

bring them

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