Chapter 16

ALEX

"So, Miss. Sofia," I began, leaning in and resting my elbows on the bar. She was just sipping her second shot and it seemed like the right time to raise questions. "Tell me more about your parents' murder. What do you know about it?"

She was quite taken aback. Her eyes welled up with tears as she recounted the details of that fateful night she had seen her parents in their own pool of blood. "They were killed in their home. Not their own anymore, I mean, they've been divorced since I was twelve." she said, her voice taking on a calmer tone. "The police have been investigating for years, but they've never found any leads. It came to me as an impossible thing when they were found killed on the same spot."

I listened intently, my mind racing with possibilities. I wasn't quite interested in this because I was thinking perhaps Ronaldo did the killing. But then before I kill her, maybe, just maybe, I could help her find the answers she was looking for.

"And what do you think would hav