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I flipped one of the pictures over and read the back
I desperately separated all the pictures froreider and his face turned white Each picture had a handwritten e:
And the picture of me with the bullseye had three words written on the back… Ryan’s face still showed his horror and his fingers were unsteady as he started to open up one of the boxes addressed to hiain Inside the box was a brown plush teddy bear that had a big gash down the front of its chest and so out There was tape across the opening The note inside the box read "I’m broken-hearted without you"
The other boxes had the sa on thearbage bag
I was shaking but I still had my mental faculties "Ryan, don’t throw any of that away We’ll need all of that for court"
In total there were four packages, seventeen pictures, three threatening letters, and nine greeting cards from her She even included what appeared to be drops of blood in one of the cards
Ryan quickly called his er "David, I want private security immediately for Taryn I want so hours and I want soo when I’ a lawyer out here in Rhode Island"
The only thing preventing us froe that she was in police custody at that very , our schedule quickly shifted back to our normal routine, and I pro I handed hioodbye in the hallway Mike shielded Ryan as he climbed into the back seat of the car sent to deliver hi to take his picture theto open the pub back up for business and reviewing the precautions I needed to get in place before I unlocked the front door Despite all the terrifying circumstances from yesterday, I also had a top-secret birthday party to plan
"Hi, is this Matt?" I asked hesitantly, staring at the piece of paper that contained the phone number I stole from Ryan’s cell
"Yeah? Who’s this?" he replied
"My name is Taryn Taryn Mitchell Do you knoho I am?" I didn’t know if Ryan’s friends kept tabs on the news
"No Should I?" he asked defensively
"How can I say this without you hanging up on me Are you near a computer?"
"What?" Matt questioned
"Do you have access to a co in front of one Why?" he asked