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Cassie POV“We are gathered here today to bear witness to, and celebrate the life of Jessica Lee Parker,” the priest called out to the sombre congregation.Greg, Terry, Benny and I sat in the back pew of the small church. My eyes seemed to be glued on Jessie's family who sat in the front row, her mother openly sobbing. My heart broke for the woman, and yet I also wondered what it would be like to have a mother who actually loved you the way Jessie's mom loved her. I sometimes wished I hadn’t been abandoned by my mother - and wondered how I would have turned out if I had been raised by her. Although, she seemed to be weak-spirited and I would have probably turned into the kind of girl who faints the moment a creepy guy greets her. Like last night at the club when Gerald decided to take his stalking to the next level and pop up at the club. Instead of me ignoring his presence and pretending that I didn’t know him until he walked away confused, I would have probably screamed my head of
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Cassie POVThe police were at the club when I arrived, talking in serious voices to Damian who looked exhausted. “I told your colleagues already,” I heard him say clearly, “the cameras on that side of the club stopped working a few days before Jessie was murdered. I was planning on getting a technician out, but it wasn't on my priority list because I wasn't expecting something like that to happen.”The short and scrawny officer, who somewhat resembled a Jack Russell in his approach, immediately countered Damian's explanation. “Oh, so you're saying you didn't bother to have the cameras changed even though they suspiciously all stopped working at the same time. Rather convenient, isn't it?”Damian sighed loudly and threw his hands up in the air. “Listen, if you want to arrest me, then do it. I was in a private meeting the whole evening, and Cassie over there is my witness, along with seven of my business associates. The only time I left the room was when I was alerted to the discover
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Cassie POVI felt as if I was burning alive, the fire clawing at my chest as restraints held me down. I tugged on the rope which seemed to be emerging from my own arm, but that only caused screaming from the depths of the dark cave I was locked in. “Someone, help!” I thought I heard Vasilios’s voice, but then a sharp pain radiated from my arm and my world went dark once again. It seemed like just a few moments later that I woke up again, the pain in my chest more of a dull throb than the fire it had been. The room was dimly lit, but my eyes seemed to take a while to adjust to the light as I slowly became aware of my surroundings. The clinical environment and the drip poking out of my arm seemed to be enough clues to point to the fact that I was in hospital. The highly flattering hospital gown and catheter removed all doubts that remained. I tried to sit up and groaned as the fire burned through my chest again, and I was forced to remember that I had been shot. The last thing I re
