Chapter 45: Investigation (Matthew)

Nightmares plague me all night. Every time I close my eyes, I’m reliving my trauma with Lydia; except when I look at my wife laying on the gurney covered in her own blood I see Audra’s face.

I finally give up on trying to sleep and quietly walk down to my office. I’m not sure that working will be a big enough distraction but I’m willing to try anyway.

I’m four pages deep into a huge embezzlement investigation when I hear a buzz. I look around and hear it again, this time my eyes landing on Audra’s purse that’s still sitting on my coffee table.

It buzzes 3 more times before I get up to see if it’s possibly someone or something urgent.

I unlock her phone to see 6 missed calls and 2 messages from someone named Simon Park.

I open the messages and quickly read them.

“Hey, are you awake? Can we talk?” From 1:24am.

“Give me a call when you wake up.” From 2:13am.

Who is Simon? She’s never mentioned Simon before.

Audra has never given me a reason to distrust her, but her past with Tyle