ღ Chapter 17 ღ

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Alyssa spent the rest of the early morning hours in her bedroom, thinking about the night. Her parents and Noah were sound asleep, all the lights off in the house when she entered. She recalled as much as she could remember in her head from the party. The police were going to try and interview as many people from the party as they can today. Sarah called once around 4 am, but they couldn't talk about much since the calls are monitored and she only had 15 minutes. She looked at her phone for the first time since Sarah called, and unshocked, she had 4 missed calls from Rafe, plus a couple of texts. 

She wouldn't be exaggerating if she said she was more than pissed at Rafe. But she was also curious. What did Rafe know about Sarah that she didn't? He wasn't wrong about only seeing Sarah 3 months a year, but Sarah tells her everything. Or at least she hoped. She decided to let it go, and not let Rafe get in her head. She left him on read. 

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Alyssa arrived at the police station, getting out of her car and putting her sunglasses on. It was hot today in the Outer Banks, 98 degrees. But she was used to this weather between Florida and Outer Banks. Officer Jones had called her a few minutes ago asking if she was busy, and if she could come in for an interview. She walked up to the front doors, locking her car before going in. She checked in with the front desk, walking through the scanners. She made her way down the hallway to Officer Jones' office. The door was open, but she decided to knock anyways. 

Officer Jones looked up from his paperwork. "Alyssa, thank you for coming on such short notice" he said gesturing for her to sit. 

She sat in the chair across from him, setting her phone and keys on his desk in front of her. "Of course, anything for Sarah. How is she doing?" 

Officer Jones nodded slightly. "She's holding up."

She nodded as Officer Jones set up a few things. 

"Do you mind if this interview is recorded?" He said, already setting up the microphone. 

"Sure, I don't mind" she said crossing her legs. 

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An hour later, Alyssa made her way out of the police station. After her interview, she went and talked to Sarah for 15 minutes. She seemed to be okay. Alyssa got in her car and started it. The interview was pretty much useless in her part. She sat in her car and thought about the party, There had been so many people there, she cant even really remember who she saw and who she didn't. She remembers sitting with JJ and Pope, so they were off the list. Sarah was supposedly with John B, but that was also near the water. 

Alyssa grabbed her phone and opened her notes app. There was no way John B did it, but there's not enough proof to confirm it. She typed in her notes, "Suspects" and typed John B's name. She sighed and stared at her phone. She thought for a minute, and Kiara immediately popped into her head. She hadn't seen her anywhere that night. Not even once. She typed Kiara's name under John B's.

After a few minutes, she sighed and tossed her phone in the passenger seat and pulled out of the parking lot, heading towards a small coffee shop downtown. She looked at the clock on her dash, it reading 2 pm. As she drove down the road her mind wandered to Rafe. He hadn't sent anymore texts after this morning. She wondered what he was doing. She didn't understand him. One day he's all over her, the next he hates her. But this time it was her who was mad. She still couldn't believe he accused his own sister of murder. He wasn't even near Sarah at the party. He didn't know anything. 

Suddenly, it clicked. She quickly pulled over on the side of the road and grabbed her phone. She hadn't seen Rafe at the party, until he came and got her out of the water. Where was he before that? Nowhere to be found. 

She wrote his name under Kiara's. 


                                                                                                  𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴:

                                                                                          𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘉 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦

                                                                                            𝘒𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘢

                                                                                           𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯

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