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Ten

Author: Daniel Paul
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Maybe it was the way he took his time to study the case. Maybe it was the first impression seeing dead Becky gave to him, but he showed even more zeal in exposing the culprit behind the deaths, no matter the cost.

He was getting ready for the end of his shift, had gone to get a burger and juice, not doughnuts, those are for patrol police. His phone began to chime.

“Hello, Detective Jones here, who am I speaking with?”

“Hi Jones, would you like to find the culprit behind Becky's murder.”

He first thought this was a silly joke. Who would wake up one morning to point out a killer the whole city had been searching for?

“Yes,” there's no crime in wanting to know what they had to say.

“Then I think you will love to see this,”

He recognised the voice almost immediately, Andre.

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