Revenge After Death

Chapter 19

“Here’s surveillance footage from the area near Sunset Alley. Stephanie was last spotted heading toward Sunset Alley.” That was Zion’s way of warning Benson to tell the truth.

Flustered, Benson blurted, “She has the freedom to go wherever she wants! We never made her go there on the 15th!”

“You’re lying!” Zion banged his palm on the table.

As a hot–headed person, Benson replied impatiently, “Michael’s the one behind everything. He’s the one who got us involved in this. If you’ve got questions, ask him.

“I don’t know if he made Stephanie go there on the 15th, but I’ve got alibis to prove that I wasn’t there with them that night. I was out drinking at the Nocturnal and had one too many drinks. I’m sure some of the hostesses there remember.”

Zion glanced at the clock and signaled his colleagues to take Benson away.

“Officer Landon, could Michael have sexually assaulted Stephanie, and then because he was afraid that he’d be exposed, pretended to be the serial killer and killed her…?”

Zion kept mum. He too, had his suspicions about Michael now.

I sighed and continued listening in silence, wondering what cruel words Michael would say during his interrogation.

Not long after, Michael came in. He sat by the table, looking displeased.

“Mr. Ford, you should come clean to us about what you know. I hope you’ll cooperate,” the police officer in charge of recording the interrogation statement reminded.

Michael’s patience seemed to be running thin today. “I have the right to remain silent before my lawyer arrives.”

you hope to see Stephanie dead, you

still, he said

dryly. It was ironic seeing him like this. He couldn’t wait for me to be

made Stephanie Carlson wear Yasmin Bailey’s clothes and walk alone in Serenity Lane

out such a risky operation. But with no relevant skills or

a single word. He clearly wasn’t about to

with them.

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seemed like a cop who empathized often with victims and the deceased. Slamming his hands on the table, he shouted, “Have you any idea how much despair Stephanie would have been in her final moments had she

over as I sat in silence in the interrogation room. Zion was right. I had

I loved and cared for the most, the man who had saved me, had been the one who pushed me into the depths of hell with

work on me. You don’t know Stephanie. I’m the person

She won’t die.

see her body. I won’t believe and news about her death,” Michael answered calm

that

15th, Stephanie entered Sunset Alley and disappeared. According to

came out

helpless. Michael seemed adamant about being uncooperative, and Zion couldn’t help but take

date on purpose. While it is true that I sent Stephanie to lure the murderer out on the nights of the 13th and 14th, I never sent her there on the 15th,” Michael said in all earnestness.

sent her to Serenity Lane, not