Veronica's POV 

His voice brought intense fear as my eyes rolled in their eye sockets. ‘Shouldn’t I just pull out and end this madness?’ 

Just as I asked myself that question, he ended the call, leaving me in despair. With panic in me, I put a call across to my private investigator.

“Hello,” I said after he picked up the call.

“Good morning, ma.” His voice was tender even though it was deep.

“The three officers are dead.” I broke the news to him.

“Dead! "But how?” He was taken aback in disbelief. How could three trained officers die just like that?

“I don't know. The three of them were...