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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Mr Oliver turned his head to his right, pressing down on his radio as he spoke into the mouthpiece “This is Unit 2102 Cancel that backup”

Soardless, he must’ve understood because he answered “I’m on the scene I checked all the perione I’ll assess the dae and call back”

He let go of his lared at her “You wanna tellhere and what this is all about? Because froood”

His eyes surveyed the wrecked office, and when his gaze returned to her, she tried to say soue turned to sand, her throat raw and dry like the desert Wincing, she forced herself to s, then cleared her throat as she realized the severity of her situation “It’s not what it looks like”

“Oh, yeah?” Mr Oliver’s eyes sparked like he enjoyed her discoain, he dealt with criood Never mind the fact had Klein’s office not yet been broken into, she planned to do it herself

“Mr Klein issos for me after her death, and I came here to see him”

“On a Sunday?”

“I thought hehours and weekends”

Totally plausible He was a lawyer, after all Weren’t they supposed to be workaholics?

She twisted her hands in her lap “When I got here, I saw the broken lock and the shattered door, and I freaked out I thought soht be here that needed help, so I came into his office I found it like this”

“So you just happened to come here Today With the place in disrepair?”

Abby nodded, knowing how implausible it sounded

Mr Oliver pursed his lips “The same week you convince my son to sneak out of the house, and teeks after you cauy’sto do with this?”

Abby’s stoaze bore into her