If Chris hadn't crouched down to check, Aidan might've never guessed Mrs. Lindley was the one who tossed that thing out.
Chris nodded. "She almost bumped into me just now, and a cat's head rolled out of her cart."
"She said someone left it at the door to scare Miss Catherine and told me not to say a word, said it'd scare her too badly."
"But something just felt off. Our people were guarding the hallway the whole time—it's not like someone could've just sneaked in to pull a prank."
"So I figured I'd snap a few photos, try to get some proof, but then it just got…"
Too disgusting. Too cruel.
A kitten. A little puppy.
Their heads and ears snipped off, eyes and nose gouged out, legs snapped in half, skin torn off...
Even though Chris had seen worse, that scene just now
