Raina parked her car in the driveway, her hands still gripping the steering wheel. The engine ticked quietly as it cooled The sound matched the pulse pounding in her ears Her mind was still racing back to the man on the call earlier From the blackmailer His voice, the way he talked like he knew her too well To everything falling apart too fast She swallowed hard In all of this there was only one thing that mattered, her son Raina stepped out of the car slowly The evening air was cool She needed to check on her son, her chest tightened She had been so busy with work the past few days that she hadn’t called She slammed the car door harder than she meant to “Get it together, Raina” she muttered the phrase that always kept her away from making irrational decision Her heels clicked against the concrete as entered into her apartment The living room was a mess from last night, stale coffee smell filled the room On the floor was the pieces of the glass cup she had crash

Raina stretched out her hands to take the small flash drive from Leon’s hand It was small and light However, it felt heavy in her palm This could be the answer she needed, an evidence that will prove that she wasn’t insane Something that will shut Kendra up forever Something that will make the money that Kendra had useless Rain looked at the flash drive “Why should I trust you?” “It’s okay if you don’t want to trust me” Leon scoffed “You should atleast play it, if it’s a bomb-we both die here” Leon laughed calmly To Raina there was nothing funny in what he had just said Raina hesitated looking at Leon then she pressed play Kendra’s voice sounded “…I made more money than you’ll ever make in a lifetime. Demand increased. Supply had to match. So we needed a clean way to move shipments across the city…” Raina’s jaw tightened Then another weak and afraid voice spoke “My… my company trucks…” It was Tara’s voice Raina froze, just right there she had gott

Raina’s hands gripped the steering wheel as her car hummed through the quiet streets The flash drive Leon had given her weighed in her mind How had she been so stupid to think just handing over the audio record could solve the crime? That would be here turning a blind eye to the fact that it might never resurface again and Kendra would be free Raina knew had to solve it herself She didn’t know who she could trust Not Garry, Not Vince. Neither could she trust captain Moore and Chief Sandra Raina could feel the weight of the audio record not in grams, but in consequences Leon had just given her a key to close the door of the investigation but now she was concerned Concerned for her son’s safety Her blackmailer could harm him, if she made the wrong moves She finally pulled into her driveway The neighborhood was quite save for barking dogs Raina turned off engine of the car she stepped out into the cold night breeze Entering into her apartment, the front

At Doctor Banks hospital when Leon got the call from Raina “It’s Raina, I have gotten something!” “I am listening” Leon replied as he stepped out of Tara’s room so he could talk in private without Doctor banks and the nurse listening “Something just clicks now” Raina continued. “About the drugs shipment” Leon’s jaw tightened “Kendra?” he asked “We already know Kendra wasn’t the source” Raina said. “She was the distributor” Leon leaned against the wall “And who is the source? Have you figured that out?”he asked A pause “The Don she mentioned” Raina said “But I have no name, no ID yet” Leon closed his eyes briefly I traced the shipment routes again” Raina continued “It turns out this isn’t the first time there is a shipment like this, this is just the first it’s being spotted” “Okay?” Leon asked “What do you have?” “There was an authorized shipment from another food company to Garfield Publishing House, four months ago” she said “Same place. Same shell accounts” Leon rem

Raina stared at the phone in her hands Her thumb was still bleeding from the screen glass that had pierced it The screen was cracked She almost regret the habits of throwing things, it never did end well She pressed the power button again Only the white lights again It didn’t come up “Fuck…” she whispered She was frustrated, if her phone was down that means she couldn’t receive nor make calls Her chest rose and fell too fast, she forced herself to breathe She breathed in and breathed out She had to think, that was not the moment for panicking Not now Leon’s number was stored in the phone Everything was in the phone She ran her fingers through her hair and looked around the room “Put yourself together Raina” she muttered to herself “Think…think” Her eyes landed on the old telephone fixed to the wall The landline She rushed to it and lifted the receiver Her fingers shook as she dialed St. Mary Children’s Home Busy She hung up and dialed a