Chapter 18

Robin couldn’t hear me, but I knew he wanted to crack the case fast to prevent any more women from getting hurt.

Maybe it was a cop’s intuition, but right now, it seemed like Robin was the only one who believed something had happened to me.

“You guys have to investigate so many people and so many cases. That must be exhausting. huh?” I muttered to myself, probably because I was truly desperate.

“Robin! Here’s everything on Phoebe. Her phone is pretty banged up, sent it off to tech for recovery. Might take a while. Data from Phoebe’s phone will be recovered and exported once it’s fixed.

“I cringed internally. That meant they could see everything–my browsing history and my diary

notes.

Robin had me thoroughly investigated.

To be honest, I was curious about the type of person I would be in someone else’s

investigation.

Robin glanced over my file, noting how I had watched my parents die in a car crash at eighteen. The first photo in the file was from the accident scene.

I instinctively shut my eyes, not daring to remember.

“The Fitzgeralds took Phoebe in. You’d think they had a good relationship, but the way Dexter talks about her, you’d think they were enemies,” a young officer muttered under his breath.

Robin stayed quiet, studying my file intently.

loved peace and was a fan of drawing; they could find all my artwork. They’d find my top grades, my campus forum photos, my awards, and my paperwork for

with foul play, she’d be on a plane heading off to study

pang of pain hitting my chest. Yeah, if I hadn’t died, I’d be far away from Sea City

now.

remembers Phoebe, hard to forget a figure like hers. Mentioned she hooked

my ears numbly, but I couldn’t stop myself hearing the invasion of

left early. Whether Phoebe was willing… that’s

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his breath. “A bunch of

believe me

a stranger, someone I’d only met once, to trust

Robin’s anger. It seemed

to the

in Sea City had cast a dark

even Kyle, bruised and battered, was dragged from the hospital by the cops.

victim here? Why aren’t you going after that psycho instead of me?” Kyle

has mental issues. He won’t be punished even if he kills you,” Robin warned him coldly, then pressed on. “You’re suspected of sexual assault and harassment, so cut the crap.” Kyle was

Robin grabbed Kyle by the collar and hauled him

was my

a habit of keeping a diary. Afraid I’d forget how these people hurt me, I was writing down every

was doing her a favor,” Kyle blurted out. The guy was not the sharpest tool in the

he marked down Kyle’s admission of guilt

a sense of relief. This way, Kyle would get what he

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