Restoring a Life After Seven Years of Wrong Love novel Chapter 198

Derek was a regular at a sketchy local bar. All she had to do was give a brief description of him, and the regulars started spilling everything he had ever done.

There were actually six girls he had drugged into unconsciousness, just based on what she gathered from the bar alone.

Counting the ones nobody knew about, the total was easily in the double digits.

Charlotte cursed Derek and every single one of his ancestors to hell and back.

She tracked down the victims door-to-door, but the moment she explained why she was there, she was immediately rejected.

"I'm sorry. I'm married now with a family. I don't want to dig up that nightmare again. I'm so sorry."

"I completely understand. I wish you nothing but the best."

She was rejected four times in a row.

Charlotte let out a long, exhausted breath and viciously kicked the wall.

She muttered a string of incredibly creative, explicit insults.

She understood why they wouldn't come forward. They had started fresh, and moving forward was the healthiest thing to do.

Letting it consume them meant punishing themselves for some monster's crimes.

But right now, she had hit an absolute brick wall.

"Fuck this!" she screamed at the sky, feeling marginally better.

Gathering herself, she arrived at Zoe Zimmerman's apartment complex. It was a run-down area with trash piled along the streets, and the stairwell reeked of something sour.

"Hi, I'm looking for Ms. Zimmerman."

"That's me." Zoe looked Charlotte up and down. "Come in."

The moment she stepped inside, the sharp, bitter scent of herbal medicine hit her. The apartment was cramped but spotlessly clean.

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