“I was able to nt a listening device into one of the nes that Celeste sold to Mrs. Windsor!” she said.


    My mouth dropped open. “No way!”


    “Yes! You see, I thought ahead and knew that I probably wouldn’t be able to get any usable evidence from Mrs. Windsor, so I made sure that Celeste said that she had to bring the ne back for her to ‘recharge it.‘ That way, we can listen to Mrs. Windsor and her daughter’s conversations!”


    “You’re a genius!” I said and gave her a big hug.


    “I know, right,” Ava joked and hugged me back.


    But when we pulled back, I remembered something that I had overheard.


    “How did you find out that Chole had a private record?”


    Ava’s face went slightly pink, and I knew that this story would be good.


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    “I used some of my more…underground connections to figure out that she had a criminal past,” Ava exined.


    “Are your connections…legal?” I asked, my tone teasing.


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    “Don’t ask me questions you know I can’t answer,” she said and grinned.


    Weughed, and then Ava became serious. “While I was looking into Chole’s criminal history, I discovered that she had two past


    exonerations from jail.”


    “Two?” I asked, and my eyes widened.


    Ava nodded. “Isn’t that crazy? I couldn’t believe it when I found ?it out.”


    “The things having a rich and well–connected family will get you out of,” I said with exasperation.


    “You’re telling me. Anyway, I was talking to my psychologist friend, Angie, and I exined Chole’s past and her unpredictable behavior.”


    I leaned forward, intrigued. “What did Angie say?”


    “Angie said that Chole might have borderline personality disorder since these criminal tendencies couldn’t have developed overnight,”


    Ava said.


    “Woah,” I said. “That sounds serious.”


    “It is if it’s left untreated,” Ava told me. “And I bet your Mrs. Windsor just swept her daughter’s mental health issues under the rug because she didn’t want to risk it getting out that her daughter needed to be treated for her mental health.”


    I rolled my eyes.


    “So, while I was looking into Chole, I discovered something crazy about her past,” Ava continued. “Chole was questioned by the police about five years ago in connection to the disappearance of one of her male ssmates.”


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    “That was what Mrs. Windsor was vaguely referring to during the fake ritual with Celeste. She said that it was all a big misunderstanding,” I said.


    Ava leaned closer and gave me a loaded look. “That’s the thing…I don’t think it was a misunderstanding. I looked more into the case and found out that the male student had been a golden boy. You know the type. He was one of the top students involved in many extracurricrs, and he was beloved by all the students and staff.”


    I was afraid to ask my next question. “Did…did someone kill him?”


    “Nobody knows,” Ava said. “He’s been missing for five years, and his whereabouts are still a mystery. His parents have been torn apart by his disappearance. They got a divorce and everything.”


    I paused as I thought over what she had just told me. “So, you think that Chole had something to do with this student’s disappearance.”


    “I do,” she said without hesitation.. “Especially because the reason that Chole was being questioned by the police is because she had been with the missing boy the night he disappeared. She was thest to see him before he went missing.”


    Then, Ava told me everything that she knew while working with Celeste. Most of the information I already knew, but I was d to have someone on the inside to spy on Mrs. Windsor when she thought that she was in private and might say something incriminating about her daughter.


    “Celeste is a good actress,” I said. “Honestly, you guys would make a good crime fighting duo. With the way that you can read people and uncover hidden information. It’s very impressive.”


    “I’m not in it for the money like Celeste,” Ava assured me. “I just want to bring Chole and her mother to justice.”


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    “So<b>, </b>you said that the missing boy’s mom and dad got a divorce, is there anything else that you know about them?” I asked.


    Ava’s mouth turned down in a frown, and she shivered slightly. “Well, the boy’s mother actually passed awayst year.”


    I sped my hand over my mouth in shock. “How?”