Chapter 2 - The Detective
Two detectives waited inside Ethan's private office.
One introduced herself.
"Detective Laura Bennett."
The other remained silent.
Laura slid a folder toward me.
Inside were photographs.
Pictures of bruises.
Hospital reports.
Security maps.
Dumpster locations.
Then one picture froze my blood.
A security camera angle.
Ryan dragging me behind the service building.
I stared.
"There was a camera?"
Laura nodded.
"It wasn't active."
My heart sank.
Then Ethan spoke.
"It wasn't."
"But I had temporary construction cameras installed last week."
Ryan never noticed.
Laura leaned forward.
"You are not the first employee who mentioned Ryan."
I looked up.
"What?"
She sighed.
"You are the first willing to testify."
The room became painfully quiet.
Someone else had suffered before me.
Maybe several women.
May you like
And none of them believed anyone would help.
Just like I hadn't.
