AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“What do you need from me?” she asked trying to hold in the need to throw up and cry all at the same time.
“His confession to the murders, we think you’re the only one he’ll begin to talk to but first we have to find him,” Jake stated, and she shook her head in disbelief at what this day had brought to her world.
“I can’t,” Olivia stated, getting up, taking a step away from the groups in the room.
“Olivia, we stopped by your house first,” Jake replied. “We saw the mess through the window and went in.”
“So?” she said looking away from the curious gazes of the other officers.
“We can protect you but the only way to do that is for you to tell us what you know.”
“The only thing that will do, is get me killed,” she retorted, her breathing coming in faster gasps as the captain of the homicide unit showed up.
“Olivia, what is going on?” he said looking between her, Jake, the other two officers, and the two in suits. “I had a call that said to come here.”
“Captain Worth, I’m Detective Ryans,” one of the suits stated then nodded at the other adding, “and my partner Detective Walsh. We’re with IA. Two weeks ago, we became aware of Jake looking into some of Scott Jackson’s whereabouts while undercover.”
“We wanted to know why and then discovered a connection between him and the women who were dumped out by Route…” the second stopped glancing at her and the rest of the group.
“Route 62?” she questioned feeling even worse.
“You have a connection to the place?” Detective Ryans asked.
“We had our first date out there and it’s where he proposed. Out by the trailhead…”
“You’re telling me you think Scott is behind these murders? No, it’s not possible,” Captain Worth stated.
“It is and I have to go,” she stated grabbing her bag.
“Livy, you can’t go back there,” Will said stopping her.
“If I don’t go back, he’ll know you all talked to me,” she replied, terror filling her unlike anything before. “He likely already knows you’re looking for him, no matter how quiet you tried to keep this. You said you found out about Jake looking into his old work…how?”
“One of his aliases was checked out and we caught it,” Walsh answered.
“Then it’s entirely likely the reason he’s been out all night so much lately is because he already knows and if I don’t go back he’s going to disappear.”
“No, if you go back, he’s going to kill you Livy,” Will stated saying what everyone else already knew.
“They have no proof just connections to the murders that are circumstantial, right? It’s why you think I can get him to spill, because if you had proof you’d be out there looking for him instead of here asking me if I’d seen him. If I’m not there, he’ll know for sure and then I’ll be looking over my shoulder for the rest of my life and I can’t do that,” she argued looking at the detectives for confirmation.
“Nothing solid to charge him on yet,” Ryans agreed.
“Then the only option I have right now is to go home and pray he doesn’t know you all found me here.”
“It’s too dangerous Liv,” Dan stated.
“We can put a wire on you, have you confront him,” Walsh suggested.
“No, it’s too dangerous,” her dad argued.
“Can you guarantee you can get to me in less than two minutes?” she asked knowing it’d never end unless they ended it.
“We’ll make sure we can,” Jake promised.
“Why two minutes?” Ryans asked.
“Because that’s about as long as I can hold my breath before passing out,” she answered seeing the shock on Captain Worth’s face.
