Slater
Tears glistened in my eyes as I stared at the picture before looking up at Jex again. "Why didn't she come home if she survived? Why didn't she contact anyone?'
"I don't know," Jex shrugged helplessly. "I need to leave now, but I'll contact you when I come out of hiding."
As he started to stand, I grabbed his arm. "Wait, I need you to help me out with something."
I pulled a pack of one of the drugs I'd recovered from the library and spent the next few seconds explaining Trisha's routine and the hooded figure, which turned out to be a student in Ravenshore.
Jex examined the pills briefly and shook his head. "It's a hard drug for sure, but you won't get much from analyzing these. It's probably just Trisha trying to maintain her expensive lifestyle. The only way you could get more information is to confront Trisha directly..."
Just as Jex was still talking, he ducked his head and whispered urgently. "You were followed."
I froze. "What?"
