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Once in her office, she switched on a light and fired up her laptop. “Now, what is this?” she asked the empty room, and when the computer was up and running, Kristi slipped the thumb drive into a port and hit play.
For a second she didn’t understand what she was seeing, then she realized it was a night scape, near a river, a woman running along a river’s edge and someone, a big man, chasing after her before tackling her and dragging her deeper into the water. The woman fought, flailing and kicking up water, splashing and hitting, but the man just dragged her deeper into the river and held her head down until she was unmoving. Then he let go and her body floated downstream to disappear in a wild swirl of frothing water as she hit the rapids.
“Dear God,” Kristi whispered, horrified.
What the hell was this? Evidence of a woman being murdered from the looks of it. She watched it again and felt cold to the bottom of her soul. Cruz had obviously left her with this for a reason. But why?
She bit her lower lip and glanced out the window to the dark night beyond, her own reflection a ghost reflecting on the glass. She turned back to the computer and watched the footage one more time.
“Help him, Kris,” she heard, clear as a bell, as if Jay were standing right next to her. Once again, she peered up at the window, expecting to see his pale image next to hers in the watery reflection.
Of course he wasn’t there.
She was alone.
Totally alone.
