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Ryder

You never made me any promises…echoes in my mind as I exit my truck at Blackwood headquarters I hadn’t made Hadley any prorilled at the police station for an hour and giving my final report, I decide I should’ve ed now Soht to keep quiet, and with the senator’s atte out who’s behind this

My attention had been on Hadley and mistakes were made I need to correct my error, and I’ve never wanted to hunt down anyone asbehind this Not only for the senator, but for the tears Hadley had cried

I enter the bristling co behind their desk, working to get answers before I’ve even asked for them “An update on the senator?” I ask no one in particular

Jenny, a four-year employee of Blackwood Security, turns around in her swivel chair and answers , it looks like he’s going to pull through”

“Good,” I tell her, silently saying a little prayer of thanks for the miracle that is modern medicine I don’t let myself be too relieved We all need to stay sharp “Have we looked into the alarm system at the senator’s house?” It’s top-of-the-line, and I can’t even begin to understand hoas disabled

Another longti away from his monitor, “From all appearances, it seems the senator didn’t enable it when he arrived home”

Which I supposeabout it, because we had those safetySo for that one uard to be down and then they acted Furthermore, since Lupa and the senator were shot around the same time, I’m led to believe there must be more than one hitman One person kept a close eye on Hadley and hten into fists, knowing I fell into their trap I’d been so busy with Hadley’s video, trying to protect both Hadley and the senator that way, I wasn’t looking between the lines I was too close to this, too close to Hadley

And that’s why you don’t screw the senator’s daughter echoes in my mind

I shove the thought away and focus on what’s ahead of ive me an update on Lupa”

Alex spins around on her swivel chair, and I find dark circles under her eyes, telling me that when this is over and behind us, she needs so at the station?”

I shake ht I was questioned, signed the report that stated that ere looking at Lupa since he hacked the senator’s co about Hadley—“and then I left” Which wasn’t out of the ordinary I’ve had targets die in my presence before, some even killed by ation always ensued, but in the end the deaths were ruled self-defense

“Well,” Alex continues, spinning back to her co so far on the police databa

se, whichevidence or whoever is doing the report is just lazy and hasn’t entered anything in yet”

Not what I want to hear I need a lead Anything that could point ht direction And now I know that we clearly have a couple of professional hit whoever shot Caleb obviously took the shot fro froators?”