Billionaire, Let's Divorce! novel Chapter 428

AUTHOR'S POV

As the investigation thickened, there were more interrogations. Taxi drivers and store staff that were present and open along the scene of the crime were interrogated. All the CCTV around there were also checked.

Truly, Aiden was determined to leave no stone unturned.

And as stones were turned, more shocking evidence was discovered. Like the one leg of Amie's shoe beside an abandoned bus a few stores away from the store where she had been with her mother.

Eventually, the culprits were found.

The detective’s heart was full of joy as he climbed down the vam and led the team into the building, certain that he was on to the right people this time.

At the entrance, they all scattered around, each team going to their designated positions as the building has been monitored for days.

All they had needed were the fingerprints on the abandoned bus and the rest of the case magically solved itself. Atleast, the detective would like to believe so.

The moment the detective, with his own team, walked past the sparse huge hall, and through the hallway, he felt something was wrong. The place was eerily quiet.

He pushed open door after door in the hallway. Each was brightly lit until they got to a room with no lighting. When a torch was shone inside, it was found to be a small room, stuck with cleaning materials and whatnot.

On closer inspection, he found a hole in the ground at the back of the room. He moved closer. “Shit!“

He immediately announced, his voice steady as he said into his lapel microphone. “All units, update: I have a new lead. Follow my GPS instructions!“ Then, he lowered himself into the hole“

***

How did it get to this? Tabitha thought as she watched, through her dark sunglasses, how the outside world moved like nothing had changed.

Yet everything had changed for her, for them. She turned her gaze before her. Sid sat quietly at the front, a hanky on his face. Ron's laser focus was on the road as he drove. Jon sat beside her in the backseat, his shoulders hunched, fingers rapidly clicking on the laptop's keyboard.

He glanced up with a grin. “I've gotten us the tickets, guys. Identifications altered. The check-ins will be a breeze. My guy is on duty today and he's expecting us.“

He's the only one who hasn't made it feel like their lives were coming to an end. Through the dark, he and Ron kept forging ways, while Sid and Tabitha just chose to wallow in misery.

“Perfect,“ Ron muttered.

Tabitha glanced at him, still surprised that he hadn't bombarded her with ‘I told you sos' yet.

Before the start of the operation, he had clearly expressed his concerns.

“Just let them be, Tabitha. Let's move on to other people,“ he had said repeatedly.

But Tabitha had been stubborn. She itched for some sort of revenge. Her ego had been crushed and she couldn't let it slide.

Ever since Amie’s death, they had all lived with guilt… and fear. It got worse when the case was reopened and Aiden was intent on getting to the root of the matter.