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Hailee's View

The more I look at Y/n the more I remember. It's weird.

Y/n started telling me about her day with her daughter and I couldn't focus on anything but her voice.

"Can you say something for me?" I ask.

"Say what?" Y/n asks.

"Say, Ms Steinfeld." I say.

"Okay." Y/n says laughing nervously.

"Ms Steinfeld." Y/n says.

Why did she do that? Why did she make her self sound different? It was almost as if she changed her accent.

"What's this about?" Y/n asks.

"You're European, right?" I ask.

"Yeah." Y/n says.

"I think the woman was too, so time tying to figure out what country she was from." I say.

"Oh." Y/n says.

"Relax, babe, I'm not accusing you. I know you would never do something like that. You don't have it in you." I say.

Y/n laughs and I smile.

Time Skip

"Hello, Detective Carter." David says answering the phone.

"Hey, it's Hailee." I say.

"Hey." David says.

"I need you to watch someone for me." I say.

"Is this relevant to the case?" David asks.

"Yeah." I say.

"Okay, who?" David asks.

"Y/n Y/l/n." I say.

"Your girlfriend? The nurse that nursed you back to health?" David asks.

"I know it doesn't make sense but I have a reason. Y/n and this woman are European, Y/n told me she had a friend who passed away recently, and they said they have a little girl they don't see often - Y/n has a daughter that she says she doesn't see often." I say.

"Okay, I'll send someone out to follow her. Any idea where she's gonna be?" David says.

"She has an interview for a new job. Los Angeles Medical Center in like 2 hours." I say.

"Alright, we'll let you know." David says.

"Thank you." I say.

"Who was that?" Y/n asks as I hang up.

"It was the detective, he had some info for me." I say.

"Oh, okay." Y/n says.

Time Skip

My phone rings and I answer it.

"Hello." I say.

"Hey, we have some information for you. Can you come down to the station?" David says.

"Yeah, I'm on the way." I say.

"Where you going?" Y/n asks as I hang up.

"Down to the police station." I say.

"You want me to come with?" Y/n asks.

"No, it's fine." I say.

"Hm, okay." Y/n says.

20 minutes later...

"Did you know that Y/n has an apartment about 15 minutes away from Hobbs Road?" David asks.

"No." I say.

"We got a warrant to search it and we found bloody clothes." David says.

David hands me a folder and I open it.

"Oh my god." I say.

"Forensics say the blood is fairly old, about as many days old as since we found your body. They also compared blood samples and there were two types of blood." David says.

"A positive and b positive. You're a positive, and it matches your DNA. Max was b positive, and it matched his DNA." David says.

"Oh my god." I say.

"We also found a gun with 5 bullets missing from the mag." David says as I go through the pictures.

"DNA could only be found on certain parts, it was partially cleaned. The prints matched Chris' and Y/n's. On top of that, we found your cellphone." David says.

"There was a lighter on the counter. We can't prove that Y/n used that lighter to set that van on fire but we can infer it." He says.

"So Y/n did all of this." I say.

"Yes." He says.

"Why?" I ask.

"There were some bills on the table maybe she didn't have enough money to pay them." He says.

"So what happens next?" I ask.

"She's already on her way." He says.

"This is insane! I didn't do shit!" I hear someone say.

We go into the hall and I see Y/n in handcuffs.

"Hailee, you gotta help me out." Y/n says.

I don't say anything and she stares at me.

She lifts her mask up and takes a deep breath.

I stare at Y/n and tears fill my eyes.

My eyes close and I feel myself being dragged.

It's coming back, everything is coming back.

"I remember." I say.

"Remember what?" Y/n asks.

"Everything." I say.

"Fuck." Y/n mumbles.

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