Chapter 1: The Flash Drive

Chapter 1: The Flash Drive
The police entered the estate within minutes.
Officer Elena Brooks immediately noticed the blood running down my neck.
She didn't ask who started the argument.
She asked one question.
"Who hit you?"
Before I could answer, Adrian spoke.
"It was an accident."
Twenty voices echoed him.
"It slipped."
"She startled him."
"We all saw it."
Officer Brooks looked around the room.
Twenty identical stories.
Too identical.
Then Maya quietly said,
"No."
Every head turned.
May you like
"He threw the plate."
Silence crashed over the dining room.