A few hours earlier…Seth Mannen was seated in his small cramped office as he thought of his next move. Did he have another move? He doubted. With Carlos now in town, there was nothing more he could do. Carlos was handling all their businesses superbly. He had brought in ideas Seth had never thought about. Seth was glad that his eyes had even opened after the final meeting he had with the shareholders. He hadn’t heard from them since. Noah, Cody, and Leon all seemed to have disappeared after that. They all got their share of the money and left him there. No one had stayed with him to fight Rylan. They all were content with what they had. This was sad because none of them understood the pain he had been through to get the casino running. He had been there when the casino had been nothing. It could barely pack up to ten people a day, and then slowly it became filled. That was when everybody else came to invest in it. The only person that had been there from the start from Lana. She had

Seth Mannen and Carlos Borges stepped out of a black Cadillac. They were here for the party, and they hoped they weren’t late. Locking up Lana had taken more time than they had intended. Seth had been lucky to have been smart enough to call Carlos’s men. They had come in and had taken Lana hostage. This time, Seth was going to be present when they killed Lana. The other times he had watched from afar too scared to get his hands dirty. Not anymore. Tonight was going to be the last night of Lana’s miserable life. And that was a promise that Carlos had made. Seth wasn’t sure about the idea of the public seeing him and Carlos together. It could draw attention to them which Seth didn’t like. So far, Seth had managed to stay hidden in the shadows. He had escaped all the recent crimes he had committed. The only person who could tarnish the clean image the society had of him was Lana Pierce and she was going to be dead tonight. She was locked up somewhere she couldn’t escape. And without Ryl

It was late at night, almost 10 pm but Mrs. Lopez still found herself in the forensic lab. Sometimes she felt that they weren’t paying her enough for the work she put in to get some of the crimes solved. This was the third consecutive night that she was in the precinct with nobody around. She had just called Detective Reynolds over. It seemed she was the only person who was trustworthy in the precinct currently. And it was embarrassing that it was coming from an officer who had just joined them here a few months ago. Jain had a rough start to life in the Los Angeles police department. Mrs. Lopez had been watching her closely and she noticed how she had been bullied everywhere she went. Even by her partner Stanley Rogers. Mrs. Lopez wasn’t a fan of Stanley that much anymore. How he treated Jain disgusted her, especially at her first crime scene. Mrs. Lopez was the only one who had all the secrets of each officer in the police station intact. She was the only person who had access to e

Rylan Daystar walked into the room rolling up his sleeves. He hated the fact that he had to leave the party earlier. It seemed to be a recurring theme. Every time he chose to go to a party, something always happened. Lana had been kidnapped by Seth Mannen. He was sure of it. If he was innocent, he would have said so. Rylan didn’t know how to feel about this. He was still mad at Lana, but he couldn’t turn his back on her. Judging from Seth’s actions in the past, it was obvious that Seth was going to kill her. He tried several times but always failed. Maybe that was because he chose to stay far away from it. Rylan never knew that Seth would eventually want to get his hands dirty. It was surprising. To him, Seth was a weak man who knew how to hide in the shadows letting other men work for him. Now he had Carlos Borges with him, there was going to be trouble. Rylan couldn’t let anything bad happen to Lana. Carlos Borges working with Seth meant that they were planning something gruesome. K

Detective Jain Reynolds placed her gun back into the holster as she stared at the figure tanging before her in the shadows. “What are you doing here?” She asked. Stanley sighed and took a puff from his cigarette. He had lit up a stick while she tucked her gun. He exhaled the smoke spreading it across the dimly lit hallway. Jain didn’t look particularly happy about that. “I should ask you the same thing,” he replied. Jain rolled her eyes. She hadn’t expected to see Stanley here. This was supposed to be a mission nobody had to know about. There was a lot she was hiding from Stanley and she didn’t want him to find out. Especially the fact that the killer was likely someone in their police force. So many thoughts ran through her mind on her way here. Could it be the Lieutenant? He barely showed up at the crime scenes. It could be Mrs. Lopez too or even Stanley. Jain shook her head in disbelief. She was being too paranoid. They both were helping her. It would be wrong to accuse them of