Chapter 18

Zion couldn’t hear me. But I knew he wanted to solve the case to prevent more women from being harmed.

Perhaps it was due to his instinct as a police officer that led him to believe that I had run into danger. That would make him the only person who thought so.

grave

“You police officers have so many cases to deal with and so many people to investigate each day. It must be exhausting for you, isn’t it?” I muttered to myself in despair.

“Officer Landon, here is all the information I have on Stephanie. As her phone was badly damaged, it’s been sent to the Inspection Department for restoration and further examination. It’ll take some

time.”

Zion had ordered his men to dig up everything they could find about me. Honestly speaking, I was pretty curious about what sort of a person I appeared to be in their investigation.

“All the information in her phone will also be exported after they’ve been restored.”

Now, t

that was awkward. Wouldn’t that mean the police would have access to all my search histories and the diary I kept on my phone?

Zion took the material handed to him and skimmed through it.

“Both parents died when she was 15, and she watched them die before her very eyes.” The very attachment on the document was a photo of the scene of the car crash back then.

first

I reflexively closed my eyes, unwilling to relive the memory.

“The Fords adopted Stephanie. Logically speaking, they should have quite a great relationship. But from what we can see, Michael seems to treat her like an enemy,” one of the police officers murmured.

out that

I did in school, my photos in the school forum, all

nothing happened to her, she’d be on the plane to Montavia right about now,” Zion said thoughtfully as

my heart clenched in pain. He was right. Had I not died, I’d have escaped

of the waiters working in

an impression on him. He says that Michael and Stephanie did the deed at the Nocturnal about two months

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told Zion what he found. I covered my ears numbly. But I still could. not block out

lot of people in their private room that night. But Michael’s friends all left at one point, leaving only the two of them in the room. We

under his breath. “What

was inclined to trust me. Who would have thought that a stranger who only met me once would be

He

to the police station, where the police quickly retrieved the warrant. After all, the serial killing in

summoned to the police station. Even Benson was

Can’t you see that I’m the victim? Why are you interrogating me, not

you,” Zion warned coldly. “You’re suspected of sexual assault, so

who the hell did I sexually

pulled Benson by the collar and dragged him

had my

my diary. I was afraid that I’d forget all the pain these people inflicted on me, so I

in the mirror.

hands on her.”

box. He was used to being arrogant, under the delusion that his family was so rich that they

noted on the interrogation record that the suspect had

Zion, I felt secretly overjoyed seeing what he recorded. Benson would be getting the punishment he deserved.

you forced Stephanie to lure the murderer out of

just trying our luck,” Benson replied nonchalantly as if everything was just a game.

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