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Chapter 15

Author: Joy Jackson
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Massimo’s POV.

Rome and I walked into the station and just as we entered, I discovered the inspector with a phone in his hands wrapped in a transparent envelope.

‘That’s it boss,’ Rome whispered as we both had our eyes on the piece in his hands. The inspector who had a slight argument with me at the crime scene smiled and kept a close stare at Rome and I as we walked close to him and this time stood before the rest of the officers there. I was greeted but never took those seriously, all that mattered to me was making sure that the mobile phone in his hands didn’t last long, no matter what it took.

“Hmm, I can see you’re so interested in the object in my hands, aren’t you?”

“Inspector, we received a call to come down here, why?” I said, staring at him. My hands collided while I turned to Rome and whispered.

“Told you we should have gunned him down when we had the chance,”

“Hmm, well, the problem here isn’t about the phone I’m holding in my hands, is it? Something within tells me
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