CHAPTER 163: MEETING AN UNKNOWN CALLER

MARIE "So, you think I'm making all this up?" I asked, my phone resting against my ear as I swirled gracefully in my father's office chair. I was talking to Crystal on the phone. "No, I don't think so," Crystal's voice sounded calm. "It's just that everything you've said seems too big." "Of course," I said incredulously, my voice rising slightly. "Shooting my father is a big thing. So why not tamper with my emails," I shrugged. "Or my car being searched and unfamiliar men following me," I said, lightly tapping my fingers on the desk. "My investigation is surely unsettling someone somewhere." "You are scaring me, Marie," Crystal admitted. "I feel like my side was kind of safer. It's like you are out on the battlefield now." "All this is scaring me too," I admitted, my voice dropping to a whisper. "Every attack I've faced started when I began that investigation." "I think you should involve the police," Crystal's voice sounded firm. "They are in the best position to help yo