So I did focus on my duty.
I asked my commanding officer for help.
I asked a friend in cyber investigations to look at the message headers.
I asked Sophia’s father if she had contacted him.
He sent me six emails she had managed to write from an old tablet before someone found it and smashed it.
Lucas, they won’t let me take Leo to the doctor.
Lucas, your mother says this house is hers now.
Lucas, I think Audrey is sending messages from your account.
Lucas, please come home if you can.
The last email was only five words.
I am scared of them.
That was the day I stopped sleeping.
Now my mother stood in the nursery doorway, still trying to look offended instead of afraid.
“You brought strangers into a private family disagreement?” she asked.
The front door opened.
Boots stepped inside.
Captain Elena Ruiz entered first.
