The next day, the local news ran a story.
"In the early hours of this morning, a drowning occurred in the Ravenford River. The deceased was a twenty-four-year-old woman. Preliminary reports indicate that she had been sexually assaulted by multiple perpetrators prior to her death. Police are currently investigating."
Elias sat in his office, reading the news on his screen, when a cold unease crept through him.
The victim was twenty-four. Maisie was twenty-four too. No. It could not be her.
He forced the thought out of his mind before it could take root.
Even thinking about Maisie still made Elias angry.
She had taken one hundred thousand dollars and gambled it all away. She had even thrown herself at other men. She had never been like this before.
Elias still remembered the first tim
