Todos los capítulos de THE CEO LEFT ME.... THEN CAME BACK BEGGING: Capítulo 61 - Capítulo 70

The abandoned parking structure echoed with the sound of approaching sirens.By the time Detective Bennett, Damian, Nathan and Adrian arrived, the area had already been cordoned off.Evelyn Ashcroft's sedan sat alone on the third level.Its driver's door was slightly open.Crime scene tape fluttered in the cold night breeze.Bennett ducked beneath it."No one touches anything until it's photographed."The forensic team nodded.High-resolution cameras began documenting every angle of the vehicle.Damian stopped a few feet away.The words on the windshield had been written in thick red strokes.STOP FOLLOWING THE DEAD... OR YOU'LL JOIN THEM.Nathan frowned."Is that blood?"A forensic technician carefully swabbed the message."We'll know soon."Another technician leaned into the driver's seat."There are bloodstains on the steering wheel.""And the driver's seat.""But not enough to suggest a fatal injury."Bennett looked through the open door."So whoever was bleeding...""...left aliv

Morning came with a renewed sense of urgency.For the first time in days, the task force wasn't following another dead end.They had a destination.Detective Bennett held Samuel Ashcroft's faded library card between his fingers."If Victor was telling the truth," he said, "Samuel hid his notebook somewhere no one thought to search."Nathan looked at the card."And that somewhere is Locker 214."Bennett nodded."Let's hope it hasn't been emptied after all these years."---Less than an hour later, Bennett, Damian, Nathan, Adrian and two forensic officers arrived at the Central City Library.The building had stood for decades.Its stone walls and towering windows gave it an air of quiet permanence.The library had not yet opened to the public.The head librarian met them at the entrance after Bennett presented a court order."I received your call, Detective."She looked at the faded library card."I've never seen one this old.""Do you still have the lockers?" Bennett asked.She smiled

No one rushed forward.Detective Bennett raised a hand, stopping the team."Treat everything in this room as evidence.""Forensics first."Two crime scene technicians stepped toward Cabinet Seven.They photographed it from every angle before dusting the handle for fingerprints.One technician looked back at Bennett."No visible tampering.""The lock has been opened recently."Nathan's eyes narrowed."How recent?""The lubricant on the hinges hasn't dried.""My guess? Within the last few days."A tense silence followed.Whoever had left the cassette recorder had also opened the cabinet.The lock was carefully disengaged.With a slow creak, the heavy metal door swung open.Inside...There were no stacks of money.No weapons.No secret files.Only six identical archive boxes.Each was labeled with a year.199819992000200120022003Adrian frowned."These don't match Samuel's investigation.""He disappeared twenty-two years ago."Bennett nodded."Which means someone continued keeping r

No one rushed forward.Detective Bennett raised a hand, stopping the team."Treat everything in this room as evidence.""Forensics first."Two crime scene technicians stepped toward Cabinet Seven.They photographed it from every angle before dusting the handle for fingerprints.One technician looked back at Bennett."No visible tampering.""The lock has been opened recently."Nathan's eyes narrowed."How recent?""The lubricant on the hinges hasn't dried.""My guess? Within the last few days."A tense silence followed.Whoever had left the cassette recorder had also opened the cabinet.The lock was carefully disengaged.With a slow creak, the heavy metal door swung open.Inside...There were no stacks of money.No weapons.No secret files.Only six identical archive boxes.Each was labeled with a year.199819992000200120022003Adrian frowned."These don't match Samuel's investigation.""He disappeared twenty-two years ago."Bennett nodded."Which means someone continued keeping r

The vault was silent.No one moved toward Cabinet Twenty-One.Detective Bennett raised a hand."Nobody touches it until it's processed."The forensic team immediately began photographing the cabinet from every angle.Fingerprint powder dusted the handle.A portable scanner checked for hidden wiring.The lead technician looked up after several tense minutes."No explosives.""No electrical traps.""But..."He ran another scan across the back panel."There's an empty space behind the cabinet."Nathan exchanged a glance with Damian."A hidden compartment."The technician nodded."Or another room."---The heavy cabinet was bolted to the floor.With the help of the technical unit, the bolts were carefully removed.The cabinet was slowly pulled forward.A low scraping sound echoed through the vault.Behind it was a narrow steel door.Unlike the others, it had no keyhole.Only a biometric fingerprint scanner.Adrian frowned."That's newer."The engineer agreed."This wasn't built twenty-two