Chapter 820

Alisa was just the kind of challenge he liked so much more interesting than the others.

He got her number, slipped it into his phone, and headed out, catching a cab. The ride was quiet, city lights streaking by until he hopped out at a nearly empty park. The benches were old, lamplight barely reaching the ground.

It was late-almost midnight. The only person around sat on a bench beneath a flickering streetlamp, a beat-up duffel bag at his feet.

That was Ryder-the same guy Monica had spotted by the river earlier. He'd just left the police station after giving a statement, looking exhausted, jaw clenched tight.

When the man from the cab walked up, the two of them stared at each other. They could have been twins-identical, except for a small mole at the end of one man's left eyebrow.

Ryder kicked the duffel bag toward him. "Take the cash and lay low for a while. The cops are on your tail. If I hadn't covered for you tonight, you'd be in a cell already. Detective Jason's on the serial killer case. He doesn't let anything slide. It's only a matter of time before he finds you."

The other man grinned, eyes wild. "Come on, bro. The game's just getting started."

His name was Harry-Ryder's twin.

Ryder had put it all together the second the police grabbed him.

you want, Harry?" Ryder snapped. "You've killed

been so greedy, chasing men for money,

Harry disappeared into the

all evening by a killer -finally got

outside her door. She knew it

a

don't have to do that," Herman said gently. "Sit

"What do you want to know? I can go

tried bringing up memories, hoping something would click for him, but nothing seemed

words. "I'm

skipped. "Are you going

knew she sounded jealous, but she couldn't help it. She didn't know what had really happened between Herman and Sandy, but they'd spent a lot

Anastasia had been there, she knew their history, but she'd never had the nerve to bring it up. She just waited for him to say

things I need to handle. I'll

made it clear he was going

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