Chapter 65. Proposal

Scott

“No, I say we’re talking about this, Scott. If there’s something I can do to put a stop to this madness, I will do it…Let me.”

The force of those words stopped me in my tracks. There was something else, an emotion I couldn’t quite register. It was there, in the way her voice shook, the little crack.

“There is something.” I said softly, walking over to her, I gently held her face with both hands. “You’ll help a lot if you’re safe. Your safety is all that matters.”

It’s true I wanted to catch this maniac but I don’t want to if it’ll mean putting her in close proximity with a raging lunatic.

Even Camila who had somehow gotten close enough, never got to see the face of this person. Never got the chance to get real evidence. Actually, she did but because of my hypocrisy, the need to keep the truth hidden, instead of using the evidence to convict this person, we chose to take down the evidence of the crime to keep the truth hidden.

That was