Conrad's POV
We walked out of the police station and Avery was floating on clouds. Her name had been cleared. The new detective that was assigned to the case for reasons they wouldn't say, but after his explanation, it sounded like they were on Ryder's payroll, and they were helping him out. Some things were not adding up completely because Ryder said he was trying to pin the murder on me, but the detective was trying to pin it on Avery. Unfortunately, we will never get those answers either, since Ryder died. The detective ruled Rush's shooting as self-defense, and he was deemed a hero for finding us and rescuing us, and they just overlooked the fact that he took matters into his own hands and didn't contact the authorities. I know that Barrette had something to do with that, which is st
