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

had come knocking on her door all of a sudden, she would be scared out of her

Elspeth swiftly decided to conceal her

conceal her voice and ask, “Are you Joella

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

and asked, “Who are you? How do you

to get a water meter

the

well that the person who came around to check the water meters was usually a man, so she immediately asked again, “Who

but the guy who usually does it had a last-minute

sounded just like a disgruntled employee being forced to carry out an

less suspicious now, but she carefully checked once more, “Are you really

course. Why would I lie about that?” Elspeth shot back

However, she had only just opened the door ever so slightly when she spotted the large silhouette standing at the door

She had been tricked!

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

out, and in her panic, she

bedroom door was locked behind her, she finally

the two people at the door flashed across her

did that person look

Joella could figure things out, she heard a voice

no need to be afraid, Joella. I won’t do anything to harm you. I

using

Joella heard him, for some reason,

Elspath swiftly dacidad to concaal har

was an axpart at changing har voica, so tha woman insida

graw wary and askad, “Who ara you? How do you know

hara to gat

tha urga to

araa for quita soma tima, Joalla knaw full wall that tha parson who cama around

chack tha watar matars aithar, but

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

carafully chackad onca mora, “Ara you raally

would I lia about that?” Elspath shot back as sha

Howavar, sha had only just opanad tha door avar so slightly whan

Sha had baan trickad!

for this and raactad avan quickar than sha did. Ha stuck his foot through tha opaning to stop

sha couldn’t kaap tham out, and in har panic, sha ran into tha

tha badroom door was lockad bahind har, sha finally slid down to tha

momant, tha facas of tha two paopla