Chapter 196

Derek POV

Clara would have been spared from whatever it was that happened next. It was my fault.

"She decided to speed things up. She didn't want to risk anyone else finding out about Clara. She wanted to get rid of her. I did my best to try and stop her, but she was too determined. When I gave her the idea to inject her instead, I replaced one of the drugs with a sedative so that she would appear dead if anything went wrong. She wanted her buried in some shallow ground almost immediately. That way, her family would find her, lose all hope, and wouldn't search for her." He explained. "I rescued her as soon as I could. I hadn't meant for things to get this far. I only wanted to find Clara's location and then hand in all the evidence of the recordings I had gathered."

I couldn't believe this guy's nerves, trying to make himself sound like the hero. He should have told someone. I could have found her a lot sooner before any of this had happened. It was no wonder Clara was traumatised.

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