Chapter 189

If I ever harbored doubts that Colin and I had a past together, those doubts have now crystallized into certainty.

It was not just Colin I knew–I was also acquainted with Carter.

The fact that Carter’s sister had hung this photo in such a prominent place suggested that my relationship with Colin and Carter was once quite significant.

“What’s the connection between those three?” I turn to Zoe, seeking answers.

She curled up a bit more, fear etched on her face, and whispered, “My brother’s… friends.”

My gaze settled on Colin’s photo for a long, drawn–out moment.

Colin, in his youth, seemed colder, more aloof, with that distant air of genius about him. Yet his eyes were like those of a bashful fawn, skittish and darting.

“The police have been to see you, haven’t they?” I pivoted back, lowering my voice to a hush.

Of course, they must have questioned her at the first opportunity, but the fact that they didn’t detain her indicated a lack of evidence–or something that cleared her of suspicion.

“She deserves to die…” Zoe muttered under her breath, hugging her knees. “She’s the worst…”

Melody?” I edged

clearly not all there

she confessed, “Yes…”

what you asked, she

had no grounds to hold her

use on Melody? Where did you get it?” I pressed on.

her voice faint.

upon herself, but with her intellectual challenges and the lack of concrete evidence, plus the absence of a legal guardian, Zoe’s admission brought

Roundup?” I

hugged her head, mumbling as if repeating someone else’s words.

was clear as day–this was

Zoe into bribing Hickey to kill Melody.

I challenged her. Zoe’s mental capacity wouldn’t allow her

10:02

Chapter 189

Roundup entered the bloodstream, the victim would be doomed, that

after ingesting Roundup

would be swiftly contaminated, her organs slowly fibrosing until she could no longer breathe, dying

head, repeating. “It was me, it was me.”

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