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The Final meeting. Jill had had her fair search of shock today. The bottle of wine did nothing to calm her nerves. She walked up to her bathroom. She stripped off her clothes and went into the bathtub. Jill had lived in her house for almost 5 years and she had used the bathtub a handful of times. It was the only thing she renovated when she moved in, the bathroom. She added a clawfoot tub that cost a fortune but never had time to use it. She was always busy. Too busy with her work, nothing else. The truth of the matter was Jill was lonely, she had no friends, she didn't have a close relationship with her parents and she was an only child. She had so much money but didn't go on vacations, trips, or anywhere else. She hated being idle, she hated the voices in her head too. She was in the bathtub until she felt serene. She got out, got dressed, and made her way back to her living room. She turned on the television, ordered some food, and waited for it to come.The loud ding-dong ec
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Jills POV I took the box, the phone, the letter and went to my house. I hadn’t left the house ever since.I usually stayed home the day before any trial, that explains why my phone hasn’t been ringing since then. But why was I still on edge, every time I heard a noise, all the hairs on my body stood on their ends.I felt a sense of dread, could feel the impending danger, I was apprehensive.I sat in my study waiting for the phone to come back to life, I held the letter in my hands, still unopened. The box contained 8 million dollars, why did someone need so much cash, was it to pay someone off? Or maybe to run away?Did Cassidy try to run away? Was she killed before she was able to flee?How did Kai even know about this apartment? This case is so much deeper than I imagined. I thought it’d be a slam dunk, but I can’t even say who wanted her dead. This woman was something, or she knew something, something bad.That’s the only reason why someone would target an interior designer li
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As soon as I left the police station I got a message from Jeanine. I wasn't in the mood for her manipulative ways so I didn't reply. Since then, I have received almost five texts from her. Which was strange because Jeanine didn't double-text. The last one was quite alarming so I opened her message. It read “Manuel, I found something.I don’t know how to say this, but you’re not guilty—at least, not the way they think. I have proof. Real, solid proof that can change everything. But I can’t talk here. I think someone’s watching me.Meet me. Now. Before it’s too late.”With a burst of energy, I leaped out of bed and hurried to the bathroom to get ready.In a matter of minutes, I was ready and on my way to her apartment. I arrived just in time, she was receiving a delivery when I got there.As I looked her up and down, I saw that she was still in her sleepwear – silk shorts and a camisole. But my attention was drawn to the faint, discolored marks around her neck. She shifted uncomfort
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Jills POVI look at the piece of paper Kai gave me and look through the windshield of my car, to confirm the address. It's a high-rise building, not the luxury apartments you'd expect Cassidy to live in.If I had a secret apartment, I'd go to a play that no one would expect. Somewhere like here.I get out of my car and the first thing that greets me is an awful smell; of trash about months old, I scrunch my nose in disgust.I go into the building and lock my car twice. Going back to make sure it's locked. It's not exactly a safe neighborhood. I can't stay long.On entering the apartment, there is a man at what seems to be a reception. I walked up to him.“Excuse me, sir, how do I get up to apartment 36?”His gaze shifts from the newspaper in his hands to my face. Without sparing me a second glance, he tells me it's on the fourth floor.I make my way to the elevator and I hear him laugh.“Out of order princesses, the stairs are that way,” he says, pointing in the opposite direction.
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Manuals POVI was at the police station again, I had been laying low for a while, keeping my head down. I did not want any drama with Jill, the police, or anyone else. Out of sight, out of mind. I spent most days indoors, praying to God I wasn't going to go down for this murder.I didn't have the energy to investigate this case anymore. I was exhausted. Despondent.So tired that when the police officers came to my house to look for me, I didn't ask questions, I just followed them.They took me to the police station, this time not in handcuffs. Just for questioning they said.They escorted me to a dimly lit integration room where I proceeded to wait for over an hour. They wanted to make me sweat and make me anxious, I knew the drill. Finally, the door creaked open.Detective Nathan walked through the door, a coffee in hand. He's alone this time. I don't know if that was a good or bad thing.I pretended not to notice his presence, I continued to pick at my fingers.He sat in front of
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I rode up in the elevator and marched to my office. As I did, I replayed the entire conversation I had with Kai in my head to know if I missed anything or if there was a hidden message.Could I trust him? Do the police consider him a suspect? Has he been questioned? “Sarah, where are the files on Manuel’s case I asked for?” I asked, taking a seat at my desk.“It's right here ma'am,” she answered, handing me the folders. She stood there, waiting for something. I looked at her through my lashes before I asked her.“Is there a problem Sarah?”She cleared her throat,“Nothing ma’am, I was just wondering who it was you were talking to in the parking lot earlier.”“It’s no one important, just someone I thought would help the case, I was wrong.”“If that's all, you should get back to work.” she turns to leave but I call her back.“Trail is so close now I need you on high alert, you'll hold down the fort here when I'm not around and you'll be with me at court if I need you, I trust you can
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