Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 71

"Any updates on the hotel footage from four years ago?" Danielle asked.

Emery sighed. "I was just about to tell you. The footage is pretty old, and the cameras were messed up. I managed to pull it up, but the restoration didn’t work."

He sounded almost defeated. Despite his top-notch skills on the Black Web, even Emery couldn’t fix a piece of footage as damaged as this.

Danielle tapped her fingers lightly against the desk, her gaze never leaving him. "Send me what you’ve got. And take Benjamin to the police."

"Got it," Emery replied, turning to go.

of the country tomorrow. I’ll be gone for a week. If anything comes up,

grin. "I saw you with a guy earlier...

gossip in the office. With

widened. "Oh, I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t

shot him a pointed look. "Then

yeah. I’m going," he said with a

the keyboard with practiced precision, each tap syncing with the rhythm of her thoughts. The movements were quick, and effortless, like a well-

it was second nature. Her mind raced, working through the restoration of the damaged video as she extracted the details she needed. She was entirely absorbed

of the "Enter" key, the video clicked back into

woman, dressed

then, Joseph appeared, his face flushed