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CHAPTER 14

작가: Hillary ann
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IN THE HOUSE OF SHADOWS

Detective Jude:

There are moments when your instincts scream before your mind catches up.

This was one of them.

Ava stood before me, with malice in her eyes and smile so devilish, she grabbed the paper from me with force and tucked it into her sleeve like it never existed. Her smile was still devilish that it felt like it was surgical.

“ You are not a cop” she said coldly showing no emotions “ You are a dog with a badge chasing a ghost ”.

“You switched that tie” I said “You nearly killed Callum Thorne”

She looked at me from my toe to head before tilting her head “And yet he's still breathing, isn't that a shame?” she asked.

I took a step forward “ Where is the rest of it, the letters, everything, where do you hide them”

Eyes still on me she stepped back “ You want answers?” she asked and without waiting for me to reply she continued.

”Go dig them up with the skeletons in the house”

“ Why?, I thought she was your best f riend?” I asked trying to break in em
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