Criminal Detective

And Slowly, He Burnt

Every headline on every station, the titles on every online article, and the front pages of every newspaper seemed to only want to talk about one thing.

Benson Adkins.

"Amanda Todd's Sister Reveals The Unexpected In Recent Interview"

"The Dark Secrets of Benson Adkins: ChickLit Exposes Manager For A Multitude Of Crimes"

"Captured Girls Share Their Stories Along With Members Of ChickLit, Samantha Todd"

"Benson Adkins, Manager Or Criminal?"

After the arranged interview, which blew up so quickly. Garnering over five million views in under eight hours, things began to take a disturbing turn for Adkins.

In the space of twenty four hours alone, Adkins had lost brand deals worth millions. And, with each concurrent interview and each online post that seemed to toss fuel inside the fire of Adkins's destruction, he continued to lose all that made him powerful.

His friends and counterparts, colleagues and business partners, all took to their social media platforms or through public interviews to quickly denounce or retract their relationship with Adkins.

"Oh, I no longer work with him. After what he did to those poor girls, I surely hope he gets what's coming to him"

"It's sickening to think that I actually had someone as messed up as him as my close friend and colleague. I really want nothing and will ensure I have nothing to do with him again"

"We at Tenfold Winery have disconnected ourselves from anything relating to Adkins. But we still do offer our support and also a helping hand to both members of the ChickLit, other victims of his heinous acts, and also the sister of the deceased"

And, with each connection Adkins lost, it seemed to turn around and be darted back to the ladies. In a bit to show their support for the girls, companies from different parts of the world signed numerous sponsorship deals with them. Each with a promise to stick with the girls and help provide them with the needed support to grow their career further than they ever have.

The Adkins controversy became a trend everyone wanted a piece of. Which resulted into more information about Adkins that no one was even aware of being released to the public. And the more people continued to dig at the trend and get their flowers, the worse things got for Adkins.

Information like Adkins's relationship with an Amelia Harvey became public. Who he had apparently raped, abused, manipulated into not revealing that she was pregnant for his child, then paid a good amount of money to ensure that the child was aborted and she was silenced. He apparently "loved" her a lot and so refused to kill her but instead had her sheltered in one of his many properties. Where the police  later raided and found her after information had leaked.

Or also, how Adkins had been spending a whopping forty million dollars every year to ensure that various types of drugs, ammunitions, amongst other things were brought into the states without any hassle whatsoever, to give to his henchmen and also distribute to his customers.

Or, how he was not only in charge of several detectives in the state but was also responsible for almost all of their deaths.

The last, of course being the one that pleased Claire the most amongst the others.

The day the information was revealed live on television, she had excused herself and bawled her eyes in her room. As the officers who were interviewed promised wholeheartedly that "Adkins was no longer safe" and "Without a doubt, would be brought to justice"