Chapter 117.

“That’s not possible. Emma could never do something like this.” Travis defends his sister.

Sure, he was pissed at her, but when it came down to it, she was still his baby sister. He would defend her with everything that he had.

“Son, in my line of work, anything is possible,” Brian says tonelessly.

He then takes out a note book and begins scribbling down something. It’s only for a few minutes before he looks up at us.

“But seriously, Emma wouldn’t hurt her; sure, she and Ava don’t see eye–to–eye, but she would never hurt her,” Travis insists, while the rest just stay quiet.

I want to believe that Emma wouldn’t do something like this, but I wasn’t sure any more. The woman who came back months ago isn’t the same woman who left years ago.

She was filled with so much anger and hatred towards Ava. So much so that she would threaten a child and make up fucking lies just to get Ava in trouble.

“I’m not saying that she did it; all I’m saying is that she’s a suspect,” Brian clarifies. “Hatred and anger are

pretty strong motives to have someone killed as some sort of revenge. It’s also not coincidental that

Ava’s shooting happened not less than three weeks after she revealed Emma’s big secret. One that she

had gone to great lengths to hide.”

Looking at things, everything pointed to Emma. She’s the only one Ava has had a falling out with recently, and given the strenuous relationship, it’s easy to see how Emma could have snapped and hired someone

to kill Ava.

I look at Travis; he looks like he has been struck by lightning. I see it in his eyes. He regrets why he

opened his mouth, because he might have just gotten his sister in trouble.

“What about Reaper?” I ask, remembering he had targeted Ava and Emma.

behind this. His beef is with you. Sure, he kidnapped Ava and Emma, but from those of his men we captured that day, he was just messing with you.

a hand on Ava or he would slit their

that little piece of information,

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odd,” I mutter as I feel my brows

who hit Ava died in prison under mysterious circumstances,” he adds, “Anyway, as I was saying, his target is you. It has always been you. I believe that

Many have tried. Fuck. Even the Howell’s did

see.

believe it was

she shot her. Reaper has no

That is the reason for the multiple shots. He or she

SUV they used?” Theo looks like he has aged so much in

hours we’ve been here.

so we only know that it was black,”

of black SUVS in

our own thoughts. There was so much going on in my

pushed all of those thoughts to the back of my head. What matters is Ava’s

dead

go back to the station.” Brian breaks the silence. “For

people know she’s alive. The

the job, though I’ll send two officers to guard the door to her room, just

my head, and

our contacts, and you call yours,” Theo says. “Let’s make sure word of

she’s out of

“Yes.” I agree.

take my phone

was sure as hell going to be a long

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wake up to someone tapping

in an uncomfortable angle and now

it’s already morning. I look up to find

smile.

inform you that I’ll

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