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screwed.
The investigator was kicking in, and he needed to solve this mystery for himself.
Roman knew that needed to dig to find the truth.
Buried in the mess was his heart.
* * * L i t t l e m o o n * * *
Haven
Remington Academy
As he dug the graves, he couldn’t wait to get rid of the bodies. The cops were asking too many questions around the disappearances.
He had to get them hidden, and then get out of there. The safest place was on the grounds of the school. It was where he placed the other six girls all those years ago.
There was no way he could just dump them in town in some alley.
No, these women needed to disappear.
They needed to go away.
He’d used them the way he needed, and now he had to find some way to escape into the night.
Oh, he’d keep his ears and eyes open, checking on everything that went down regarding the case.
He had to.
If the police got too close, he might have to help himself out or at least escape.
That was the last thing he wanted to do.
He loved his woman.
He loved his home.
As he threw the last shovel full of dirt on the mass grave, he knew it was time to slip away.
Hopefully, no one would be any the wiser, and he’d find his way back into the shadows to be seen no more.
Well…until five years from now.
* * * L i t t l e m o o n * * *
Plane Flight
Fortunately, for him, they didn’t have seats anywhere near each other. That way, Roman had the luxury of doing some research. It had been such a long time since he thought about Matilda Boyd.
He’d met her a few times in the school cafeteria as he was having lunch or dinner with Devora. She never said much to him, and he’d always assumed that she was just shy.
If what she said was right, he now understood all the speculative looks she’d given him.
She had been waiting for him to figure it out. She’d been putting her faith in his intelligence, and he’d failed her. Roman had dropped the ball on this one. She was left hanging in limbo.
He felt like an asshole.
If what she was saying was the truth, he’d find out and then apologize. A part of him was angry at himself. He, too, knew what it felt like to blend in. His sister, Rylee, was the smart one. She was the one who was going to be a doctor.
When she died, his parents were crushed.
A little part of him actually believed they might have made it had it been him instead. Losing her had been a blow that took them to their knees.
He should have been the one who died, and this might all be better.
That was terrible to think, but it was the truth—or at least as he believed it.
Roman always killed himself with studying, and he never even came close to Rylee’s intelligence.
She was the family’s shining star.
He was simply the ‘other’ kid.
Well, he had to get to the bottom of this if it was the last thing he ever did. Even if she never forgave him, at least he could say he was sorry.
A part of him wondered if she realized that had he asked her name, they might still be together—that they might have been a couple for the last decade.
Then he thought about it.
After her sister died, there was no way she would have stayed with him. He was a suspect after all. Her sister went missing, and the cops all but said he did it.
No, she would have run.
Maybe this was for the best after all.
Going online, he found the school’s all but defunct website. While he shuttered the doors, closing out the world from the secrets that school held, he never closed down the website.
Why?
There were days he looked at it just to feel something.
Anything.
When he needed that reminder of where he came from, he’d go there and stare at the dead girls’ faces.
It made him bleed.
Deep down, he believed that he deserved
The investigator was kicking in, and he needed to solve this mystery for himself.
Roman knew that needed to dig to find the truth.
Buried in the mess was his heart.
* * * L i t t l e m o o n * * *
Haven
Remington Academy
As he dug the graves, he couldn’t wait to get rid of the bodies. The cops were asking too many questions around the disappearances.
He had to get them hidden, and then get out of there. The safest place was on the grounds of the school. It was where he placed the other six girls all those years ago.
There was no way he could just dump them in town in some alley.
No, these women needed to disappear.
They needed to go away.
He’d used them the way he needed, and now he had to find some way to escape into the night.
Oh, he’d keep his ears and eyes open, checking on everything that went down regarding the case.
He had to.
If the police got too close, he might have to help himself out or at least escape.
That was the last thing he wanted to do.
He loved his woman.
He loved his home.
As he threw the last shovel full of dirt on the mass grave, he knew it was time to slip away.
Hopefully, no one would be any the wiser, and he’d find his way back into the shadows to be seen no more.
Well…until five years from now.
* * * L i t t l e m o o n * * *
Plane Flight
Fortunately, for him, they didn’t have seats anywhere near each other. That way, Roman had the luxury of doing some research. It had been such a long time since he thought about Matilda Boyd.
He’d met her a few times in the school cafeteria as he was having lunch or dinner with Devora. She never said much to him, and he’d always assumed that she was just shy.
If what she said was right, he now understood all the speculative looks she’d given him.
She had been waiting for him to figure it out. She’d been putting her faith in his intelligence, and he’d failed her. Roman had dropped the ball on this one. She was left hanging in limbo.
He felt like an asshole.
If what she was saying was the truth, he’d find out and then apologize. A part of him was angry at himself. He, too, knew what it felt like to blend in. His sister, Rylee, was the smart one. She was the one who was going to be a doctor.
When she died, his parents were crushed.
A little part of him actually believed they might have made it had it been him instead. Losing her had been a blow that took them to their knees.
He should have been the one who died, and this might all be better.
That was terrible to think, but it was the truth—or at least as he believed it.
Roman always killed himself with studying, and he never even came close to Rylee’s intelligence.
She was the family’s shining star.
He was simply the ‘other’ kid.
Well, he had to get to the bottom of this if it was the last thing he ever did. Even if she never forgave him, at least he could say he was sorry.
A part of him wondered if she realized that had he asked her name, they might still be together—that they might have been a couple for the last decade.
Then he thought about it.
After her sister died, there was no way she would have stayed with him. He was a suspect after all. Her sister went missing, and the cops all but said he did it.
No, she would have run.
Maybe this was for the best after all.
Going online, he found the school’s all but defunct website. While he shuttered the doors, closing out the world from the secrets that school held, he never closed down the website.
Why?
There were days he looked at it just to feel something.
Anything.
When he needed that reminder of where he came from, he’d go there and stare at the dead girls’ faces.
It made him bleed.
Deep down, he believed that he deserved
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