Richard shuddered and gagged. “It’s disgusting. I can’t get the image out of my head. Kelly has a…dead cat in that room. And by the looks of it, she’s had it for a long time.”
I curled my lip in disgust. “Are you serious?”
“Dead serious. The cat was slowly decaying. I’ve seen a lot of things in my life, and I can say with full confidence that this was one of the grossest things I’ve ever seen and smelled. Kelly doesn’t have AC, and the heat is making the smell worse.”
I clutched my stomach as it jolted. “Are you sure that it’s an animal?”
He nodded. “It’s definitely a cat.”
I shook my head in bewilderment but tried not to judge Kelly too harshly. Sometimes, going through a violent trauma made people do odd things. Like keeping their pets long after they died.
Richard and I hurried back into the living room and just in time, too. Kelly came back into the room dressed in all ck clothing, a hat, sunsses, and had tied a ck handkerchief around her face.
I wanted toment on her disguised appearance, but thought better of it. Maybe she was just scared that Chloe would find out that she was helping us.
Soon, the five of us were on the road. Richard offered to drive, and Aiden relented but called shotgun. The three of us girls sat in the back.
Kelly gave the address of her uncle’s house, and Richard put it into his phone.
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“GPS says it will take an hour,” he informed us, and I settled in for the drive. “Then we will be at Osten Vige.”
As we drove through the winding roads, we passed by high mountains and beautiful bright greenndscapes. When we were halfway there, I texted Amelia and asked her to investigate if Mrs. Windsor or any of her rtives owned any property in the countryside of Ld.
Amelia texted me back in less than a minute. She said that she would be happy to do that for me and was thrilled to know that we were getting somewhere with our investigation.
I showed Ava our messages, and she nodded approvingly. Maybe the cabin that Chloe had been talking about was owned by someone in her family, and she had used the property to find a safe ce to
Russell.
The closer we got to the countryside, the closer we were to finding out a way to bring down Chloe.
Chapter 135: Osten Vige
*Olivia*
A twinge of guilt made my heart ache as I remembered Amelia’s past unfair treatment of Chloe. Was it wrong to enlist her help to bring Chloe down?
I stared at my messages with Amelia. A sense of unease settled over me like a heavy nket that I couldn’t easily throw off. I sighed as I slid my phone back into my purse.
My stomach twisted with knots, and I looked out the window, wondering if I was doing the right thing. How was I supposed to know if I was on the right track? Sure, I wanted to stop Chloe before she could seriously injure anyone else, but was I sacrificing my own beliefs
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in order to get justice for her victims? To be fair, I was one of the people that she had wronged. She had even tried to run me over with
her car.
“Hey, stop thinking so much,” Ava whispered and gently bumped my shoulder with hers.
I met her, knowing gaze, and grinned. She knew me too well.
Soon, I could tell that we were close to our destination because the road turned to dirt and gravel, and there was hardly any civilization around. Wherever I looked, I either sawrge snow–capped mountains, cows munching on grass, or fields of flowers in a riot of bright colors.
If I were being honest, the view got old quickly as we passed by felt like the millionth cow, and I was anxious to get to our desti
But as we drove through little viges, my stomach filled with dread.
Ava turned to me, and I saw the same fear that was threatening to overwhelm me, reflected in my friends eyes.
“This isn’t good,” I whispered.
Ava nodded in agreement.
I looked back out the window and watched as we drove past the exact area that Chloe had described in her drunken confession. There was a small hill, a field full of colorful wildflowers, a still pond, and a log cabin.
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