Never Girl by Ana Valen

Author:Ana Valen [Valen, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

CAT Harlan entered his apartment and closed the door. He arrived carrying a manila folder, one he picked up from Kovalenko. After walking into the living room, he tossed the folder onto the coffee table, removed his dark brown jacket, and sat on the long couch. Time to take out another target.

He opened the folder which contained his new kill contract. When he spotted the target, his heartrate increased and his breathing deepened.

He started at the photo of Susan Wright. Next to her image was her personal information, including her physical description, her last known address, her hang out locations—all the data he needed to hunt down the condemned. Normally, he would memorize the information and burn the document. Now, he sat there looking at Susan’s large brown eyes and smiling lips.

He set down the folder, stood, and walked to his poster boards. While standing before the information, he crossed his arms.

It didn’t make sense. There was no way Susan was the shooter. At most, she lured Jessie to the hiking trail and her new lover pulled the trigger. But if that were so, why was there only one set of tracks on the dirt path?

He needed to know who traversed that pathway. And while the freeway security footage would give him the answer, he wouldn’t obtain it fast enough. His orders were to kill Susan tonight.

He looked down and clenched his jaw. Why was he questioning this in the first place? He wasn’t here to question anything. He was here to follow orders. And his orders were to murder Susan. But could he?

He walked back to the long couch and reseated himself. After picking up Susan’s kill contract, he stared at her image once more. While doing so, a strange sensation crept over him. Anger. He wasn’t angry with the kill order, but with himself. He was turning into someone he didn’t want—a thinking, conscious being. And this new side of him showed no signs of stopping.

He reached into his pocket, pulled his mobile, and dialed his LAPD contact.

“Hey,” Ricky Martinez greeted, “funny you called. I was just about to reach out.”

“What for?”

“You know that thing you’re looking into? I have an update.”

“What is it?”

“You want to discuss this over the phone? I say we meet.”

“I don’t have time for that. Can you just tell me?”

Martinez hesitated. “Yeah. Sure thing. So those detectives on the case, they identified the main suspect. Her name is Susan Wright.”

Harlan looked back to Susan’s picture. No. This was impossible.

“Hey,” Martinez said. “You still there?”

“I’m here. I’m just wondering if you got that right. Are you sure they said Susan?”

“Yup. I’m friends with one of the detectives. She filled me in.”

“How did they reach this conclusion?”

“They looked at the victim’s cellphone. Susan Wright texted him a bunch of times, and that’s how she lured him to the hiking trail.”

“Was Susan the shooter?”

“The detective didn’t say. She was too pissed to elaborate.”

“Why was she upset?”

“She was focused on another suspect. She swore that this person was responsible.

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