DOMINIC
“I'd trusted Rebecca for five years. Turns out I didn't know her at all.”
We spent two hours trying to reach Anh's family. Every call went to voicemail. Inspector Lieu promised to send officers to their house, but when they arrived, the place was empty. No signs of struggle, just gone.
"They got to them first," Maya said, staring at her phone. Her voice was hollow, scraped raw.
My shoulder throbbed despite the painkillers. Exhaustion pulled at my bones. But we couldn't rest. Not yet.
"We need to call Rebecca," I said. "Confront her before she knows we have the evidence."
"She already knows. Anh's mother called us. Someone told Rebecca we have the drive."
"Then we have nothing to lose."
I set up my laptop on the hotel desk. The video call software took forever to connect. E
