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?"

they realized Queena was nowhere to be found.

only to find it empty, the

face turned stone-cold; a suspect on the

the county police, rallying everyone to join

with Queena missing. Could she really be the

the bus heading to the county, taking the

several injections and was oblivious to

she drove. She had seized the opportunity to escape with the town's only bus,

taking the keys.

to her, and

soon led to the discovery of the bus driver's body in a drainage ditch, further confirming Queena's

about to pursue by car,

for just a moment before leading her

ten thousand dollars and

own crew.

helicopters took off, chasing

unsure where to hide lan, drove aimlessly towards the county. But the county police had

choice. She forced open lan's mouth, pushing a pill down his throat, then slit her palm

blood.

toll

landed close behind, and Rachel prepared to hand Queena over to the

the bus.

person Queena was so intent on hiding. When he saw lan's face, he couldn't believe his

had disappeared

Beck's people still searching for

made

"Abner?"

"We've found lan."

"Oh, what?"

condition doesn't look good. I've got Queena too; her story

Queena was. He was impatient to get

them back,

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