Lily pushed Chief Hanks's hand away and got up. The liquor she had thrown back began to come back up and stung her throat. That jerk had always been like this. He had suddenly disappeared from her peaceful life, and he came back into it like a bomb.
Boom, boom. She felt like she heard the ticking of a time bomb. It didn't take long for her to realize that it was the sound of her own heartbeat. Lily clenched her hand around the cell phone and glared at Chief Hanks. Her eyes were wide open as a scorching heat oozed out.
"Start from the beginning and tell me exactly what happened."
11 years ago, Winter.
That year was quite unique for Lily's family. Her father's cold murder case had been solved that year, and the family had finally purchased the villa they had been renting in full.
