The night grew long as Antonio worked on his computer in the guest room, not Janet’s. He needed to think clearly without her. Fairchild was up to something, but what? It didn’t make sense. She broke her back to help Jason and Dan. Why would she act so differently now about them? Antonio had to dig deeper into her file and erase everything he grew to know from her.
He held the phone to his laptop, tracing calls and the last messages from Bianca. The file took a minute to load which caused Antonio to hold his face in aggravation. Everything was getting way out of hand from The Strangler to now his sanity. Trying to stay in con
Chapter 36 A sense of pride and sadness washed over Jason as he made his way to Janet’s building. The area was a shopping strip with her building right in the middle. It wasn’t an easy decision he made to come back. With his hat super low and shades made him look hell of suspicious as he stared at the building bright Monday. The air wasn’t even the same here. Heart heavy as he reached to open the door, but hesitated. Leaving Alyssa and his son wasn’t t
Chapter 37 A couple of days passed while Antonio kept his distances from Janet to focus on the case. He was clearly supposed to report back to the department too, but Rebecca was somehow involved and couldn’t risk her covering anything up again. The Strangler was far too close. Elijah was far too close. It helped him to have a name though. As he researched Elijah Jackson, he couldn’t help but question his motives. There was nothing that said he was the Strangler or anything that tied him to anything except the tape. The DVD Elijah made to bl
Chapter 38 The apartment Antonio very carefully broke into was very small and quaint. From his expertise in the field from the way the apartment was decorated whoever stayed there wasn’t planning on staying very long or just recently moved there. There was no pictures on the walls, a simple couch and rug in the living room. Barely any bills on the counter and hardly any dust. Someone was moving in. Elijah had been there for a year though unless he was staying with someone else. Antonio continued to snoop around checking drawers and the closets wit
Chapter 39 Janet paced the conference room back and forward as lawyer Ross looked over Dan’s case. There was nothing he could do to get him out of his situation. From what she could pull out of him by constant blackmail of telling Ross she would tell he was one of her clients caused him to confess that Dan was in solitary confinement for beating Chris Sanders his brother. He and Dan was also in need of care as he had bruises and battle scars. “What can we do to get him out of there to bide us time? Can we transfer him?” Janet asked, ne
Chapter 40 Antonio and Janet walked towards Julissa’s house, a bit nervous, but Antonio was determined to protect her no matter their situation and Janet agreed. She knew she couldn’t be jealous of their relationship. She caused them to get together by rejecting him when she knew they were meant to be. It was her punishment as such she helped him protect her. Just because of their family issues it didn’t mean she had to be a bitch to her knowing a killer was
Chapter 41 The next morning after a traumatic night with Julissa in her guest bedroom while Antonio slept on the couch, Janet walked out her home dressed in her finest. She always looked good, but this time she had to get some work done. Impress Marcus Bain. Her hopes were she didn’t have to blackmail him to get his help. That wasn’t the woman she wanted to be. If she learned anything from Dan’s experience it was that evil never prevails. Karma would come to
Chapter 42 Jason looked over to Antonio and Janet, who was holding Jayceon, smiling and bouncing him in her lap. Alyssa stood right beside him while he tried to understand all the facts of which Alyssa wasn’t too happy about. Hearing that Julissa was in the next room waiting for their cue to come into the kitchen was a bit disturbing for her, with her sisters past and all. “Tell me again why Julissa is here?” Jason asked, crossing his arms.
Chapter 43 The prison was never a place she wanted to visit. The cold dreary hallways that held no life, no fun, no nothing was very depressing to Janet. More guilt registered as she concluded she had to get her father out of there. It took a great deal of finessing to allow her to talk to him since he was in solitary, but it didn’t take much as the guards allowed her to walk down the long hallways with sealed doors as they escorted her to Dan’s cell. They opened i