The Hurst's Secret

call, Emily switched off her phone

Natalie asked, re

She replied, h

ng the bleak weather. She had tried her best to shake off the weight of the abduct

aste in her mouth. Lighthouse had been right again, predicting the exact outcome before the police had even made a pub

r sat well with her, her aunt's tragic death. The memory of it had haunted her for years, an

he back of her mind, Emily had always suspected other

lankly ahead. The rain beat down on the windshield, mirroring her turmoil. The unsolved questions about her family's past, the

was her mind simply overworking

er bag. Maybe it was time to dig a l

talie said, after waiting for her to get out of the thought spiral she'd thr

care of myself." Emily said wi

e was focused on something and often forgot about everything else includ

hen it's lunchtime. It's better to keep an eye

ighness," Emily responded with a mock bow

front of the camera, sometimes behind the desk or on-site as a field reporter. She has also hoste

ws. She mostly stayed behind the camera analyzing data and shreds of evidence, speaking

were already occupied as her colleagues worked around her. With t

sed, with her dark hair in a high ponytail, timidly gre

n't comfortable with her, even after she'd

your things over here." Emily replied, noti

rst." Felicia skipped the part of Mr Gallagher instruct

le after all we're co-workers. Unless you aren't planning

se your name

ut decided work was way more important

a sip of the coffee Natalie got her, dark coffee, two sugar, one milk just t

nstructions?" Sh

y hoped she was able to keep it because when the goi

and get an update on the current situation. Write a report immediately

t right

" Emily called out to

her journal and all the information

thoughts. She reviewed the witness videos and the security camera footage tha

they had the information, her rational mind didn't want to blindly believe a stra

child provided. In the picture was a cute four-year-o

y emotional. Her heart wasn't made of steel,

st sit by and do nothing. Such a baby was taken from her parents and home, h

a." She muttered

to concentrate on

heavily, turning the day gloomy as the

e watched the raindrops fall on the office windows with a

aited for Felicia's return. 'Maybe sending her t

d cop, Emily worried Felicia would burs

bout the case being closed and someone being behind all this. It just seemed ridiculous to think about as that shouldn't be the next co

p to see Felicia. 'Looks like she finally learned to use my

as her neat ponytail was already loosened, and the t

ou find out?" Emily aske

etrator who abducted the child was found dead next to his vehicle

rvival for the victim as blood from the victim as well as pieces of clothing was also found at the scene of the crime on what appea

which induced a heart attack. He didn't have any accomplices and no other suspects involved. The guardians

red by the abductor and right afterward he died of a heart attack. With the perpetrator dead, there were no suspects and the victim was

r maybe it was the words of Lighthouse ringing in h

oughts she faced Felicia who all

d. I want you done in forty-five minutes tops as it still needs to be edited befor

ed, jumping

ktop. It was all over now, the justice she wanted to serve, the trut

closed had a familiar eerie feeling to it. It spoke volumes about the amount

what the cops said to her, thi

rts, witness interviews, camera footage, files, and documents related to the case, and wrote a report on it, whi

formation to the archive department to ar

ia's head popped

id without lifting her eyes. "Oh, and your contact

heir work was sent to the editing team w

s she could do without. Felicia, who had taken the role of an assistant f

e to go in front of the camera, her hair fixed up

e on." The dir

a changed as she sa

Emily Hurst and this i

nother text from Natalie telling her to l

with paperwork, briefings, and editing, but none of it could shake the nagging feeling that

e wheel, a thought str

y this case felt so fam

he same neat conclusion that le

rs, she had avoided looking too deep into her aunt's death,

she had made about her aunt-a simple reminder from three years