Chasing His Kickass Luna Back novel Chapter 347

Abby

I can’t believe I’m back at the police station again. It feels like deja vu, but I’m here on something new this time. Rather than a potential arson, I’m here because someone may have poisoned the food at the Alpha gathering and framed me.

Although, perhaps those two events are related.

I’m standing at the front desk, clutching the USB drive containing the tampered footage from my restaurant’s CCTV cameras. The officer on duty, Officer Harris, looks at me with a mixture of skepticism and curiosity on his face.

“Ma’am, let me get this straight. You’re saying that someone tampered with these tapes?” Officer Harris asks, his tone guarded.

I nod, my determination unwavering. “Yes, I’m certain of it. There’s a clear discrepancy between the footage from my restaurant’s cameras and another set of security cameras from a nearby building. I had a professional look at my footage, and he discovered a jump cut. I need you to take a look.”

Officer Harris exchanges a doubtful glance with his colleague, Officer Rodriguez, who’s sitting behind the front desk as well. They seem hesitant, and I can sense their reluctance to get involved in what they might perceive as a petty dispute.

“Ma’am, I can file a report for you,” Officer Harris says slowly and cautiously, “but there’s not much else I can do.”

I swallow. I feel so small beneath their gazes, and I know that they think I’m just acting crazy—just like everyone else seems to think. Leah’s words echo in my mind.

“Leave it to the professionals,”she had said.“Stay out of it.”

But how can I? How can I just sit around, hoping that the health department’s samples will come back negative? No, I need more proof. I need to show them that, even if those samples do come back positive, that it’s not my fault.

Someone is out to get me, and although I don’t know who, I know it’s a targeted occurrence. Too many things have happened over the past few months for it not to be. Arson, cut wires, burst pipes, two outbreaks of food poisoning?