Chapter 43 Cynthia POV Walking down the road with Asher after we left the hospital, I keep glancing at him occasionally, thinking of how to get rid of this dead silence. He hasn't said a word since we left the hospital, and it's already driving me nuts. I understand that he is worried about his sister, but he should at least talk to me, right? "Aren't you supposed to be in the office now?" He suddenly asks as we stop at the side of the road, and I turn to face him. "Hmm. I had to rush down here to check on Adelie. Uhm... Are you okay?" I ask him, and he nods his head. "Yes, I'm fine," He replies to me casually, but I can see through his eyes that he's not fine. Could it be because of what happened to his sister? "Are you hungry? Do you want us to go to a restaurant and get you something to eat?" He suddenly stops and asks me, and I quickly nod my head since I really want to hang out with him. "I think there's a restaurant close by here, I'll check the Google map," He says befor
Chapter 44 Rhea POV I can't believe that I just got recruited into the team of Police and investigators in the city, and the first case I was welcomed with was a murder case. Ever since I was a child, it has always been my dream to become a police officer in the future, and here is the future I have waited so long for. Just yesterday night, we found four dead bodies in the woods along the desert island down in the secluded city of New York, and guess what! They all seemed weird. Three of the victims who were all men, had their blood sucked dry, and the fourth female victim was stabbed. No, she stabbed herself multiple times according to the posture she was found in by the time I and my team arrived at the scene. We rushed them to the hospital that night even though they were already dead. We needed an autopsy report of them, so we can know what exactly happened. The news is everywhere on the internet, and I'm scared of people out there. I feel like the city is no longer safe for
Chapter 45 Rhea POV I drove roughly to the hospital, and thankfully, there was no heavy traffic jam that could've kept me on the road. "Here you are, lieutenant Rhea. There's a problem," Sergeant James says as soon as I barge into our large office, his face holding confusion. "What is the problem, Sir?" I ask him as I walk over to where he's sitting and staring at the desktop in front of him, but the sight only confuses me more. "There are no records of the victims anywhere on the internet. The footage of the crime scene has disappeared, and also the photos we took at the scene," He releases the bombshell to me, and I squint my eyebrows confusingly because I don't seem to understand what he's saying. The last time I checked, the photos and videos were saved in the system for evidence, so how the hell did we lose everything? "What are you saying? Excuse me," I quickly lean forward and start to search all the hidden files in the computer, but everything is empty. There's no trace
Chapter 46 Rhea POV "What happened, Rhea? Like how the hell did it happen?" Ray asks after I narrate everything to him. When I arrived at the hospital earlier, I was shocked to have found out that the mark on the male victims' necks had disappeared, and the injury inflicted on the female victim too. I checked the CCTV footage of the hospital immediately to see if there was someone at the hospital earlier before I came, and I saw nothing. I also asked Dave if anyone came by while he was there, but he said no one. "I don't know. I've been trying to figure out what happened, but nothing is just coming through for me," I hit my hand on the desk slightly in frustration. After I got off work earlier, I went out to the restaurant with Raymond after we went to the hospital to see my mom. "Wow! This is just like a movie, and I'm starting to get confused. How could someone have gone to the hospital, the station, and yet they didn't appear in the CCTV footage?" He mutters as he picks on his
Chapter 47 Adelie POV"What exactly happened to me, Asher? Why did you take me to the hospital?" I ask him when we are having breakfast together in the dining room, causing him to raise his gaze to look at me. "You came back late from work, shivering, and suddenly passed out," He explains to me, and I slowly nod my head, even though I'm feeling a bit difficult to believe this. At least if that happened, I should've been able to remember something, right? "But...I can't remember that happening to me," I further say to him, and he shrugs. "I don't know why. Should you be worried about that now? The doctor already said that you'll be fine if you take your medication the way he prescribed," He utters casually, and I slowly nod my head. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon, and Asher has been strangely nice to me since then. He hasn't tried to flirt with me, which is already alarming. Or has he changed? "He can never change, Adelie. Just snap out of it," My subconsci
Chapter 48 Rhea POV "Are you kidding me?" I shriek after Raymond released the shock to me. He told me that the female victim was his girlfriend in the past. This is crazy. "I'm not," He shrugs, and I scoff. "Why didn't you tell me this all these while?" I ask him, and he rubs his forehead. "Nothing, I just feel..." "And you think it was ok not to tell me? Why did you do that?" I ask him angrily, and he sighs. "We broke up long ago, so I didn't see the reason I should..." "Are you kidding me, Ray? Do you even know the situation at hand now? Who knows, maybe I could've gotten some information from you that will help in the investigation," I cut him off. "What information could you possibly get from me? We dated in college and broke up during the last year in school, and I haven't seen her since then, until some weeks ago at Alex's birthday party," He shrugs, and I sigh briefly. He's right, I can't get any information from him. "I need to get back to work. I'll talk to you late
Chapter 49Cynthia POV"Why don't you just give up on this guy already, Cynthia? You have been calling him nonstop, and he hasn't answered his phone. What is wrong with you?" Nathan groans angrily as he throws himself on the couch, and I sigh briefly. The past three days have been difficult for me since I couldn't speak with Asher. I have tried to call him several times, but he didn't answer his phone, and I haven't seen him. I have dropped messages for him and pleaded with him to forgive me if he is angry about me saying he should introduce me to his sister earlier, but he never replied to any of my messages.'I don't do love, Cynthia. Will you be able to handle that?' his words repeat in my head as I throw myself on the couch frustratingly. He warned me beforehand, but I was so blinded that I couldn't even think straight. I thought I would be able to handle it but turns out that I was mistaken. I can't take this one-sided love, no matter how much I try to endure the pain."Are you e
Chapter 50Adelie POV"I told you that I'm fine already. I can resume work," I whine to Raymond. I have been at home for the past two days, and all effort to convince him that I'm fine and can go to the office has proven abortive."I told you to rest, baby," He utters as he strokes my hair, and I sigh briefly, knowing he won't listen to me no matter how much I try to convince him."When should I resume then? I can't keep staying at home like this. Asher is going to the office every day, and I'm bored being the only one at home," I whine to him. Talking about Asher, he has been avoiding me and acting weird ever since I got back from the hospital. He hasn't flirted with me the way he used to, and as much as I want to assume that he already changed, something keeps telling me otherwise. Something must be wrong with him which he's hiding from me."Do you want to come over to my place and stay..." He pauses and sighs briefly."I forgot Rhea has been busy with work, and won't be able to spe