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Present.Daniel lifted the glass of whiskey to his lips, he downed it all in one go.He thought of his night with Jeanine and tried to remember what happened, but nothing came to mind. Each time he closed his eyes, he could hear Jeanine's moans in his ears, it made him sick.After Jeanine had blackmailed him with their sex tape, he had decided to play it cool till he had something to hold over her, or better still, till he got rid of her.He found himself thinking of Cassidy most days, her in the kitchen, in the pool, around their house, or in their bed. He missed her presence. He missed his wife.After his police interview, Daniel couldn't leave the house, he stayed up cooked up in his man cave, filling the void in his soul with alcohol.He thought about what led to his marriage crumbling, it wasn't the fact she had a boy toy outside their marriage, he knew, he had no problem with that.It was the secrets he kept that destroyed his marriage, the secrets he thought he kept well, Cass
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Daniel interview 2 weeks ago Daniel entered the police station slowly. The fluorescent lights buzzed softly, and the air conditioner hummed slowly. He was escorted by the police officers who picked him up from his house. One of them asked him to wait in an interrogation room and he did. He sat there, gazing blankly at the wall, as he played with the sleeves of his shirt. He was brought out of his thoughts as soon as the door opened.The Detective entered the room, he sat down opposite him. Detective Nathan sat hunched over the metal table between them, his fingers laced together and Daniel sat down slouched in his seat his fingers on his lap.He brought out a recorder and began to record their conversation The detective cleared his throat before he spoke.“My name is Detective Nathan, and I apologize for bringing you in on such short notice. I'm sorry for your loss, Mr Jones, we had to call you in for questioning, but we had to rule out…..”Daniel cut him off before he could fini
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Manuel's POV I could see the shock on Jill's face when she heard me, her face paled.She took a step back, went to her fridge, and brought out a glass of wine. She poured herself a glass and finished it in one gulp.“I don't know what to say anymore,” she began.I just sat there, still and unmoving, covering my face with my hands, I just wanted to disappear into a hole.“What did you get from her? I'm assuming you got something relevant for your case,” she asked, her voice dead.“I… Well” I tried to talk, but the words wouldn't come out. Her eyes were squinted, her jaw clenched. I knew she was angry.I didn't know what to say, if I learned anything from today, it's that I'm responsible for everything that happens now, I need to take responsibility.Jill just sat there, staring into space, she couldn't even look at me. We sat there for a while in silence, Jill's hands folded on top of her chest and my hands stretched out on the table. She finally decided to say something.“If anyon
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Jill's POV I stared at the folder on my table, I had read it countless times now.Manuel was an accessory to murder, he was in a gang before this. Oh my God, the prosecution was going to have a field day with this.I crossed my arms.I texted Manuel to meet me at my office later today. I needed to see his reaction when I bluntly asked him about this.The court was in a few weeks, how was I doing to spin this when Manuel has a criminal past?In as much as Cassidy's husband has no alibi and other people wanted her dead; an ex-business associate threatened her in broad daylight. I needed to find a way to use that.“Sarah,” I calledShe rushed in, a cup of coffee in hand, my usual order.“Ugh, I needed this, you're a lifesaver” I praised her, it was like she knew right before I needed something when I needed it.“Please can you get me the head of homicide on the phone “ I instructed.“Of course ma’am, right away” I needed him to tell me how far with finding Cassidy's stalker and her ex
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Manuel's POV I've checked my phone repeatedly for the past few days, but still nothing.Nothing from Jill, nothing from Jeanine.My phone pinged and I rushed over to it. It was from the psychiatrist, reminding me of my remaining two appointments.I didn't know when I headed into the showers, got ready, and made my way to his office for my appointment.His receptionist gave me the go-ahead to enter and I did. Dr Damien was seated in his usual spot, notebook in hand, no hideous shoes in sight.“Hello, Manuel, please be seated,” he said, gesturing to the seat.I took a seat, leaning back on the sofa to relax.“How are you doing today?” He asked.“Could be worse,” I shrugged.“Okay let's dive right in, shall we?” He opened his notebook and wrote a few things down.“So at our last appointment, we stopped at you talking about Nick, your pimp” “Yeah, what about him?” I sighed and started.Well, Nick wasn't just my pimp he was my boss, he wasn't like a father figure to me or anything, no
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Daniel woke up the next morning with a splitting headache. It was not a surprise to him, he was used to the pain, and he'd rather have physical pain.It was better than the emotional pain that was eating him up inside.He'd been drinking to stupor ever since Cassidy's death.His housemaid always dropped two pills of aspirin and a glass of water for him every morning.Aside from the fact he reached for his pills and didn't see, his attention was turned to the brown-haired lady beside him.“No,” he whispered, his voice croaked.He looked under the blanket and was mortified to see he was nude, and so was the lady.He swung his legs over the side and planted his feet firmly on the ground. He was surprised to see a used condom on the floor.To make matters worse, the condom was filled with the unmistakable evidence of their intimacy.“Oh my God, what have I done! “ He said, his voice shaky, quiet.He picked up his underwear from the floor and disposed of the condom.Going to the other side
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