Chapter 124

The news of Cassandra's death came out around 7 a.m. the next morning. She had jumped out of the window of the hotel room she was staying in and had died upon impact. The police retrieved Avery's contact information from identification that Cassandra had left in her hotel room. Jack was dead and Wanda was abroad. The only person who could identify Cassandra's body was Avery. Avery was still half asleep when she answered the call. Even after she had hung up, she thought she was dreaming. It was not until she snapped out of her trance and checked her phone's call history that she realized she was not in a dream. She leaped out of bed, skipped breakfast, and rushed to the hotel where the incident had taken place. … "She had jumped, Sir. When we opened the door, she ran to the window and jumped before we could do anything. It was obvious that she was ridden with guilt." Elliot's subordinate reported the events surrounding Cassandra's death to him. Elliot took a sip of coffee,