Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Three

Robert Brooks lay on a faded peach corduroy sheet and looked around the dingy room.He never thought he would get this far - hiding from the police in a seedy hotel in a side street in Manchester.But he had no choice, he could no longer use his credit card and he had to find a place where he could pay cash. He has gone to all the banks and took out the maximum limit that can be withdrawn from each card.His gold card allowed him to withdraw seven hundred and fifty pounds, and although he wanted to withdraw more from the platinum account - which Olivia had no idea existed - he was limited to the same amount.He also withdrew all available money from two credit cards, leaving him with around £2,500 to continue his escape.He also went to the office and picked up a public car under someone else's name.He just hoped that no one would find out, at least for a few days.

With luck, his little trick of hailing a cab might take some police resources, too.Did they really believe he was stupid enough to use the phone to call a taxi from where he lived?After making a fake call to a taxi company, he walked in the exact opposite direction to the nearest supermarket and used the public phone there to call another taxi company. Another thing he's going to do is throw away his phone.His mind became so confused that he couldn't remember whether the police could track him through the SIM card alone, or through his phone.He once read an article saying that in the United States, even if the phone is turned off, the authorities can listen to it by turning on the microphone on the phone.He cannot risk being wrong on this issue.When walking to the supermarket, he took out the SIM card and threw it into the sewer hole on the side of the road.Though distressed, he went around to the back of the store and stomped the brand-new iPhone to pieces.He dumped the pieces into the big dumpster at the back of the slaughterhouse, where no one would rummage, no doubt, among the carcasses and guts.

A taxi took him outside the office, he took a car in someone else's name, no one knew he had an Apple tablet hidden in his desk drawer, he took it, and immediately Start your search for the person Sophie Duncan.She and Olivia were inseparable through college, until Jahander showed up and joined them. Olivia had had other boyfriends before Danash, but none were serious, and Robert knew he'd just have to bide his time.He has been watching, waiting.From the moment he first saw Olivia laughing at a joke or two in the bar, he was determined to have her, and it felt as if everyone else in the room had faded to light gray except for Olivia radiates dazzling light and boundless energy in the center of the room.That's how he'd seen her all the time—she'd been the center of his life—until the bitch Sophie made it impossible for him to get close to her.

He racked his brains to recall everything he knew about Sophie.He once specially investigated Olivia's friends, and Sophie was at the top of his investigation list.She was settled about nine years ago, and it didn't take much for him to get her out of Olivia's life.She had to leave, and Olivia had to rely on him, not those casual friends who couldn't take good care of her like he did.How did they reconnect?He must have been careless, but he still couldn't figure out what was going on. One thing he did remember over the years was where Sophie's mother lived, and he couldn't believe his luck that the lovely Mrs. Duncan - under certain pressure, it must be said - had told him that she His daughter is currently living here and will be back soon.

But that bitch Sophie didn't tell him anything, didn't say anything.Then he got a little too hasty and overdone it a little bit.He desperately tried to fan her awake, but she just kept screaming before passing out, and he didn't know if the neighbors might have called the police, so he had to leave. From the moment he saw Sophie's photo appear on Mrs. Evans' bulletin board, he knew that Olivia had escaped his control, and no matter where she went, she would never come back.But he is still unwilling to explain the matter to the police.She had to be found, she had to go back to where she should be, back to him.

He had already told her very clearly what the consequences would be if she dared to leave, and he was sure that she understood every word he said, as well as the subtleties in every word.He had gone to great lengths to get her, and she would pay for what she had done to him.All he could think about was what kind of pain he would make her suffer, to repay the torture she caused him.