Haven of Nightmares (Littlemoon Investigations Book 5) by Morgan Kelley Read Free Book Online

happened again. Three more students went missing, and the finger was pointed at my dad. I wasn’t there, so it had to be him, right?”
    They didn't speak.
    They’d both been investigators and cops. That looked…suspicious.
    “When they put the heat on him, he couldn’t take it anymore. He couldn’t handle another three girls being taken from a school that he worked so hard to create. They were professors. Both of my parents loved education, and they created a place where it flourished. Now evil was ruining it. He had to escape it.”
    They knew what that meant.
    “He killed himself?”
    “Yes, he did, and there was no confession. My mother mentioned having a conversation with him beforehand. He told her he felt helpless for not protecting the students, and that he didn't do it. The cops couldn’t pin it to him either. He had an alibi. He was teaching all day.”
    They listened.
    “After his death, my mother closed the school. She locked it up, and then she took her own life too. It’s there, abandoned, and gathering weeds and dust. I haven’t been there since their deaths. I haven’t gone back.”
    “Why didn't you just come to us?” Tori asked. “Why didn’t you simply ask for our help? We would have done it.”
    “You didn't trust me as a reporter. This was going to make your mind up, and it wouldn’t be in my favor. I’m good at what I do. I love my new job, and I didn't want to ask you to help. I figured one day, maybe, but now wasn’t the time. I wasn’t ready.”
    “And now?” Julian asked.
    “Now I have no choice. The police in Haven have three missing girls. Time is ticking. They want on that campus, and I don’t have to let them, since the girls went missing at the public school in town. Remington Academy is in the clear, but I think it’s time to give everyone closure.”
    It was time for his closure.
    Tori knew how hard this was for him.
    “I want to give Mattie Boyd closure too. I want her to be able to move on. I want to stop thinking about them. I want to sleep at night without a nightmare. I want that silence.”
    Tori patted him on the shoulder.
    She got it.
    Before Julian, she was haunted by the ghosts of her past too. Now, she was just haunted.
    Julian needed to clear the air. “For the record, I wouldn’t have used this against you, Roman. You’ve proved you’re part of the team.”
    “So you’ll help?” he asked.
    “Yes,” they said together.
    Julian reassured him. “We’ll go in, look around, and end this nightmare for you.”
    “Are you bringing your ghosts? Will they be on the case too?” he asked, looking around as if he was actually going to see them.
    “They follow me, so, yes. Why?”
    “They may have some competition. That place is going to be haunted.”
    “By who?” she asked.
    “My past.”
     
    It said it all.
     
     
     
     
     
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    She paced the room in frustration.
    Mattie couldn’t believe this. The one PI firm that could finally offer her help, and HE was there.
    Great .
    This was a mess.
    There was no way they’d help her now. Roman Remington had already beaten her to them. He likely was in the other room telling them some sob story about how he was innocent.
    It figured.
    This whole thing sucked.
    “So, how long has he worked here?” she asked, finally getting the nerve to talk to the people in the room. Mattie knew they were watching her.
    She could feel it.
    Claire was sitting in Julian’s chair with her feet up on the desk. “A while. Why?”
    “He knows something. I can feel it. He’s hiding information about this case.”
    “Well, here’s a thought, but bitch slapping him isn't the way to get it from him,” she stated. “We get that you’re emotional, but men don’t dig woman who put their hands on them in anger. For the record, that goes in the reverse too.”
    “Yeah, about that…I know it was wrong. I’m not