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Chapter 31

Author: Abby
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*Ivy*

Police swarmed the hotel like ants on sugar blue lights flashing, yellow tape cutting off every corridor. Investigators, medics, cameras. It was chaos. Controlled, methodical chaos.

And I stood right in the middle of it, crying.

Or at least… pretending to.

Tears rolled down my cheeks, my body trembling like a scared little girl. I could’ve won an Oscar.

"The man attacked both of you?" the officer asked gently, his pen ready.

"Y-Yes," I mumbled, my voice cracking as I sniffled. I dabbed my eyes with a tissue Damien had handed me earlier. The officer nodded, scribbling into his notepad.

"He was insane," I added, shaking my head, forcing my lip to tremble like I was still shaken to the core.

He glanced at his notes. "You said he was a white male, approximately 30 to 40 years old. Dressed in all black. Wielded only a knife?"

I nodded quickly. "Yes. I was so scared. Ana… she tried to protect me. And he...."

I broke down again, letting out a sob for good measure. “She didn’t deserve t
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