Word of both the dead sex worker and the sign on her back got to Julius. Aurora might have 150,000 people but everybody knew everybody.
To say Julius was 'alarmed' was an understatement. A more accurate description would be that he had switched from Hanes to Huggies. Someone knew about the girls, the drugs, and his real name. Of course, the fear of getting caught wasn't new. He had googled sentences for extreme juvenile delinquents like himself. So far, he hadn't done anything worthy of a life sentence. Also, lots of crimes went unsolved, particularly sex crimes.
He got to work. He bought three fake passports. He bought two wigs to disguise himself. He looked for ways he could turn his drug money into stocks or cash.
He was being so good and he knew it. He was doing everything right. But giving up the drugs was hard. He made a spreadsheet of how much adderall he could do over the next day without OD-ing.
It was a bender to end all benders. He beat five PS5 games. He scratched three bruises on his arms. He could've sworn he saw Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck arguing about whether he could get into Mexico safely.
Daffy: "It's simpossible."
Bugs: "Eh, I think it's about as easy as gettin into an Ariana Grande concert, Doc."
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Aurora, Illinois
Misteri / ThrillerIt starts with a shocking crime. Kids at the local high school collapse into grief. The police try to unravel the mystery, but this one may be more than they can handle. Meanwhile, criminals are bringing drugs and sex workers into a town that can't...
