Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Chapter 618 Why Won’t You Stop Bothering Me

Elspeth decided to head out with Callum to find the boy named Cameron Henning.

After everything that went through with Emma, the two were even more certain they had to locate the little boy as soon as possible. Perhaps that would be their key to unearthing the truth.

Although the boy’s address was fairly near Winthrop Residence, it wasn’t easy to find.

They drove for over an hour before they found the place.

After getting out of the car, Elspeth and Callum both frowned at the dilapidated buildings they were surrounded by.

Joella Henning didn’t seem like she was impoverished, so why did she choose to live in such a rundown and isolated place?

“Maybe… money wasn’t the reason why she chose this place. Maybe the fact that it’s so secluded makes it safer for her.”

This was only Callum’s guess, but Elspeth thought he was probably right.

Joella couldn’t even look them in the eye. It had to be due to her fear, which meant that she was afraid they would find her.

Why would she be afraid of us finding her?

The more Elspeth thought about this, the more puzzled she was. She was determined to locate Joella as soon as possible and get to the bottom of everything.

The two of them followed the little path littered with trash which led them to a shabby residential building.

According to the information they had, this building was the one they were looking for.

It looked as if it had fallen into disrepair for some years now and should have probably been condemned by now.

However, it hadn’t been demolished yet, which was probably due to the large population of residents living in extreme poverty in this area. There was no way for the building to be demolished safely.

The corridor was dark and damp. Even the light was flickering.

Joella was staying on the third floor which wasn’t that high up. Her doorway looked a lot neater and more warmly decorated than the other units.

The paint was peeling off the walls. Elspeth carefully made sure she didn’t touch the walls to avoid causing anything to fall off.

She raised her hand and knocked lightly on the aged door.

Soon, a voice rang out.

“Who is it?”

for the two, old doors were not

found out that they had come knocking on her door all of a sudden, she would be scared out of her mind and could very

Elspeth swiftly decided to conceal her voice and ask, “Are you

her voice

was an expert at changing her voice, so the woman inside the house

wary and asked, “Who are you? How do you know my

get a water meter

the urge to

the area for quite some time, Joella knew full well that the person who came around to check the water meters was usually a man, so she immediately asked again,

best to make her voice sound exasperated. “I didn’t want to come out here and check the water meters either, but the guy who usually does it had a last-minute emergency and I had to take over from him. Please just cooperate with me.

that she sounded just like a disgruntled employee

she carefully checked once more, “Are

Why would I lie about that?” Elspeth shot back as she

However, she had only just opened the door ever so slightly when she

She had been tricked!

and reacted even quicker than she did. He stuck his foot through the opening to stop her from

out, and in her

bedroom door was locked behind her, she finally slid down

moment, the faces of the two people at the door flashed

that person look so

she heard a voice calling

to harm you. I came to find you because I have a few

spoke using his

him, for some reason, a strange

to concaal har voica and ask,

axpart at changing har voica, so tha woman

strangar’s voica. Joalla graw wary and

to gat a watar

rasistad tha urga to

tha araa for quita soma tima, Joalla knaw full wall that tha parson who cama around to chack tha watar matars was usually a man,

coma out hara and chack tha watar matars aithar, but tha guy who usually doas it had a last-minuta amargancy and I

good job gatting tha amotions right that sha soundad just lika a disgruntlad amployaa baing forcad

now, but sha carafully chackad onca mora, “Ara

about that?” Elspath shot back as sha

slightly whan sha spottad tha larga silhouatta standing at tha

Sha had baan trickad!

praparad for this and raactad avan quickar than sha did. Ha

and in

har, sha

of tha two