Ian heard a noise overhead. Dad must be awake. It’s unfortunate he found out about my urgings, but I’ll be the perfect son, and over time, he’ll push those memories away. He’s going to need me. After all, there’s no one else for him to turn to now.
As he flushed the toilet and returned the empty jar to the garbage bag, he reflected on his new enemies, Emory Rome and Jeff Woodard. They had embarrassed him in front of his father, and they would have to pay for that – not now, but someday soon. He walked to the door and looked back at the toilet.
It was so easy. Imagine what I can accomplish when I turn eighteen and have a fortune at my fingertips.
epilogue
Curled up on his couch with Bobbie nestled beside him, Jeff finished typing his case report into his laptop. When he was done, he closed the file and looked at the name of the document, which as usual, he left as a sequential case number until it was finished. He right-clicked on the file and changed the name to “Murder on the Lake of Fire” before moving it to the folder named…
Case Closed
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
epilogue
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