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“Why didn’t you call the police?”

I have no way of answering that “Because I was scared,” I wail “Am I a suspect?”

“Ms Calera, at the moment, you are a person of interest e hope will be cooperative in our investigations”

The phone falls from my hands and crashes to the floor beside me I can’t breathe I can’t think All I can do is cry because I know my life is over

Chapter Twenty-Two

Ryder

My practice session with Cally is al over to us

“Good hitting today Go get changed,” I say

She runs off the court and disappears into the change rooms

“How’s things?” Ji it

“Pretty good I think the pressure is getting to her, but learning to cope with that will corin “I think she’s as shocked as everyone else that she won yesterday I’ her so humble”

“Neither am I,” he chuckles “So, on a serious note, I’ve literally just gotten off the phone with a friend in the division that is handling the case you asked me to look into”

“And?” I stiffen

“And they’ve just arrested two bikers in connection to it They’ve confessed to it, blauy learned the hard way that you don’t rip off hardened criuys was the ‘friend’ you were talking about, I’d say they’re in the clear”

Thank fucking Christ