The Unseen Killer Next Door

himpers from the ground-it all faded away. The only sound was the blood

"Jen, what are you talking about

he same eyes I' d looked into every morning for fifteen years, we

she said, her voic

was a rookie, hesitated. He looked from me, on

d," Andy said, his conf

it," she

feet. Caleb just stood there, looking between t

tling the cuffs. "This is insane! J

single tear traced a path down

rs stared, their faces a mixture of pity and disbelief. They led me into Benton' s house, past the b

first joined the force. He looked at the cuffs on my wrists, and his face, usually a ston

his, Clark?" I plea

r. He just look

said, her voice flat,

It was beautiful, in a macabre way, made of dark w

ice directed at Andy. "Look into th

, staring at his own faint reflection on the lid. His eyes wide

, shaking his head

lled. "What

t the wall, at anything but my face. "I see... I se

process it. It was

outed. "It's a reflection

e shaking. "It's you. Cle

look," Je

His reaction was the same. A sharp gasp, his eyes wide with terror. He

trembling finger at me. "That's what

an I thought was the killer. All of them, th

Clark, you can't believe this. It's a trick.

lked over to the table and picked up the music box himself. He held it for a long mo

with the weight of twenty

the b

g time," he said, his voice low

anyone. Andy, who trusted me with his life. Clark, who had been like a father to

," I said, my voic

n Clark said, turning his back to m

n cuffs in his hand. He

tt,

" I said, my

es, the distorted lullaby from the music box seemed to grow louder, mocking me,