ARIA'S POV I just kept flipping the file in horror. Who was this man? What relationship does he have with me? A photo of different people, more pictures of young kids with their natural faces looking back at me. Here, what are they doing, when the file also contains a gun? I asked myself, the train of thought moving fearfully confused in my mind. I continued flipping through the pages, with a heart heavy with foreboding. There were the biographical notes, the names, and the background of these people. My eyes scanned the pages with mounting trepidation. And then, I saw it. The date of death. Every one of these people was dead. An icy chill stared down my spine at the moment I realized what it was that I was seeing. Is Roman hiding something from me? I asked myself, my mind racing with

