StarNovelThe officer switched the call to speaker, putting on his best friendly-bro routine. "Devin, man, sorry about last
night. Things got a little out of hand-I totally forgot to send you that video."
The guy on the other end took the bait right away. "Hurry up! | want that bitch Carolyn's reputation ruined! Did
you set her up with six guys, just like | asked?"
The officer kept it rolling. "Of course. I'll send you the video now."
"Do it!" The man hung up before anything else could be said.
Allison and Carolyn exchanged a look.
Whoever was on the other end clearly wasn't close to the phone's owner- probably just working together for this
one thing—so he hadn't even noticed the different voice.
Unbelievable, Carolyn thought. What an idiot.
The officer wasted no trunning the number through the police system.
He turned to Carolyn. "The phone's registered to someone named Devin. Do you know him?"
Carolyn's eyes widened. "Devin? He used to be the deputy manager in my department. | fired him a few days
ago."
Allison's expression hardened. "That makes sense. The guys who drugged you must've been paid off by Devin,
and your so-called friend was in on it too."
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door to arrest him.
Once they caught the mastermind, the whole case fell into place.
Devin and Peter were the ringleaders. They couldn't let go of the grudge after Carolyn fired them, so they plotted
revenge.
Devin reached out to Carolyn's fake friend, Cindy, and offered her thirty thousand dollars to lure Carolyn out for
drinks.
Peter, who'd been a project manager for years and made over eighty thousand a year, put up twenty grand,
while Devin paid the other ten.
At the police station, Carolyn-usually so strong-finally broke down in tears.
"Cindy, why? Why did you help them hurt me? Wasn't | good enough to you?" Her voice trembled with
heartbreak.
Cindy could barely speak from crying. "Luna, I'm so sorry. | know | was wrong, please, please forgive me. |
needed the money... my son needs surgery."
Tears streamed down Carolyn's face. Her voice was hollow. "Cindy, we've been friends for years. If you needed
money, why didn't you just ask me? Did you really think. wouldn't help?"
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voice was as cold as winter rain.
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