Chapter 728

She saw the scenery whizzing by backwards through the window and realized they were headed to Crystalbrook Valley.

Surprised, she heard the man ask, “Ms. Pennyfeather, I hope you can take me to where your mother used to live.”

Glancing at the man’s hands gripping the steering wheel, they looked like they’d seen their fair share of fights. He was probably pretty skilled. But there was a small tattoo on his arm.

Her mother, Lillian, used to live in Crystalbrook Valley. Were these people after Lillian?

But Lillian had been dead for years.

The tattoo looked familiar. Suddenly, she remembered Lillian seemed to have a similar mark on her foot.

But it was in such a hidden place, and she had only caught a glimpse of it when she was very young and wasn’t even sure if it was real.

After all, Crystalbrook Valley was dirt–poor back then. Their family could barely scrape by, let alone afford tattoos.

She kept her mouth shut, but she could see in the rearview mirror a car was hot on their tail.

It was lan’s car.

“My mother’s dead,” she finally said.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, as long as you cooperate, I won’t hurt you.”.

Maja went silent.

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the time they reached Crystalbrook Valley, it was

stop. The cars flipped over immediately, blocking

slammed on the steering wheel.

take me to where

didn’t dare resist.

died young, and now her uncle lived there. That was

was incredibly quiet. Usually, there would be kids

the old man was visibly

“Ah, it’s you!”

door of Daly Elston’s house. The old man shuffled over, his

Daly family was murdered, a month before Christmas. Leo Elston has

old man seemed scared as he told the story,

The police have been by several times. Everyone thinks Leo killed his parents, drove his wife mad, and then ran

No way!

refused to

all, Leo was a coward. He couldn’t

behind her just kicked open the sealed door.

the old man scurried back into

mess. Ever since she’d cut ties with

never thought Daly and Susan Elston

as it had been when the crime happened, and

house had obviously been searched, and someone had been looking

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