Chapter <b>170 </b>


    Alexander sighed and noticed the bright lights of a twenty–four hour pharmacy up ahead. Was Olivia that unwell that she needed medicine? His pulse quickened at that thought. Then, he took out his phone in order to make arrangements.


    *Olivia*


    Because I was so creeped out, I ended up not stopping at the pharmacy. When I parked near my apartment building, I ran to the front door, but my heart dropped when I saw a dark figure waiting there. I opened my mouth to scream, but froze when I saw that the man was Richard.


    “What are you doing here sote?” I asked and clutched my heart from the scare.


    “A little birdie told me that you might need some medicine,” he said. He smiled kindly and gestured to therge cardboard box he was holding. “And I have Mike’s Medicine right here.”


    How did he figure out that I was sick…but my thought process was interrupted by a painful jerk in my stomach. At the end of the day, it didn’t matter how he knew.


    “Huh, I appreciate it, but I’m sorry you had toe all the way here at two in the morning,” I said.


    “It’s my pleasure.” He followed me into the building, and we rode the elevator up my floor. “Why are you out sote?”


    “I couldn’t sleep,” I exined. “Upset stomach. I wanted to buy some medicine to help with digestion, but I didn’t have any luck.”


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    “Well, your luck is about to change,” he said and nodded at the box <b>in </b>his hands. “I have everything you need in here.”


    My shoulders slumped in relief. Honestly, I didn’t care if the two men had followed me as long as they had some stomach pills for me to take.


    *Olivia*


    I unlocked my apartment, and Richard followed me through the door. Another sharp pain hit me like a punch in the gut as Richard organized his medicines on my kitchen counter.


    My eyes widened as I took in all the medications that he had brought with him. There were bottles of liquid cold medicine and small white pills for allergies. But there were even bottles of pills that had pictures of the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. I tilted my head as I picked up one of the bottles. Would these medications actually help with a medical emergency?


    Richard piled all the bottles of pills and stic containers of liquid medicine on my counter until he found what he was looking for. He pulled out a bottle of bright pink liquid and a box of digestive aid and handed them to me with a smile.


    !


    I took them gratefully and reached for my purse that was on the counter. “Thank you, Richard. Let me pay you for these.”


    He waved my offer away.


    It seemed wrong to ept the medications for free, but I silently nned to buy a couple of boxes of stomach medications and return it to Mike.


    After I took the medicine, Richard left my apartment, and my stomach ache quickly disappeared like it had never been there in the first ce. Exhausted, I quickly fell asleep with a relieved smile on my face.


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    My rm on my phone went off, and when I reached for it, my stomach swooped with anticipation. There was a message from Amelia waiting for me. My heart mmed against my chest as I pulled up her message. What had she discovered about Russell Lewis?


    My eyes widened as I read her message:


    ‘I found out that the missing boy’s body may be buried in a rural area or even in the mountains of Ld. The body could be in an und knoll covered with flowers near a pond and a cabin.‘


    Cold shock made a shiver go down my spine. I had to read Amelia’s message three times before I fully processed it. It was crazy to me that she could find all of this information out in only a day. But when you had unlimited money and resources, you could get just about anything done.


    Also, Ld was the ce where Alexander was going with Naomi. Was that merely a coincidence or something more to explore?


    I copied Amelia’s message and sent it to Ava. A minuteter, she called me.


    !


    “Ld was where Chloe and Russell lived!” she said in lieu of a


    greeting.


    My mouth dropped open. “What??”


    “Yes! Remember in that police report, Russell went missing in Ld?”


    I sat up in bed and clutched at my racing heart. “I thought that name sounded familiar! Can youe here so we can discuss-”


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    Ava cut me off. “I’ll be there in five minutes.”


    Then, she hung up.