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Reaper has some questions to ask you. Do you think you can answer them? Butch wrote on his phone and showed her.

Rae’s breathing picked up as she looked over at Reaper. Butch could tell that she didn’t want to answer any of them.

“What kind of questions are they?” Butch asked.

“I’ve narrowed the men down to people who had a last name starting with Ed or their first names,” Reaper asked. “Well, Ace did the work, and then I looked into them the rest while he did your parents. We decided to split the work to be more efficient. Next, we’re going to try to find the doctor, but if we find out who had her, then it would be easier to find him.”

“Don’t expect an answer out of her. She has been pretty firm on not answering anything about who had her all these years,” Butch said. “Though she did say I wouldn’t believe her when she said the name.”

“Do you want to take a look at the pictures and list?” Reaper asked.

Butch shook his head. “I know everyone in that town, so I won’t be any help.”

He wants to ask you some questions. Do you think you can take a look at the pictures and tell him who it is? Even narrowing it down a little will help. That way, you don’t actually have to say who it is. Butch wrote on his phone and showed her.

“You don’t suspect anyone?” Levi asked. “There was no one sketchy?”

Butch shook his head. “I scared everyone off who was sketchy, saying I would come for them in their sleep and show them who was boss. I made sure they felt some pain, so they knew I was serious.”

It had been his mission to do that before he left. He didn’t want anyone messing with her while he wasn’t there.

“I don’t want to say who it was,” Rae said.

You don’t have to say anything, but Reaper would appreciate it if you could look at them.

Raelynn locked eyes with Butch after reading.

“What’s the point of it then?” she asked.

I just want you to look at them. They are people from your hometown. I don’t expect you to give me an answer, but I would really appreciate it if you could look at it for me. You’re like a little sister to me, and I want to protect you. Reaper slid his phone over.

“Little sister?” She looked at Reaper with apprehension.

Butch knew she didn’t trust people easily. It had taken him months to get her to warm up to him when they first met, but he didn’t regret all the time he spent because now they were close and nothing could separate them again.

Reaper nodded.

I had a little sister, but she sadly died several years ago. You remind me of her. She was deaf, born that way, and my parents didn’t want her. Thankfully, I was over eighteen and got custody of her before my parents could harm her.

Butch could see her eyes glistening as she read what Reaper had written. He had heard how his sister had died. No one should go through something like that.

“O-okay,” she whispered. “I’ll take a look.”

CHAPTER 10

RAELYNN

Nerves ran through Raelynn as she waited for Reaper to put the pictures in front of him. She was going to have to be good about schooling her expression if she didn’t want to give anything away. She wasn’t stupid and knew that, even though they didn’t want her to say anything, they would be watching her very carefully.

Edmund used to do the same thing, and she wasn’t about to get them in trouble for looking into him. No. They couldn’t get hurt because of her.

Reaper pulled out some pieces of paper. Her eyebrows rose as she moved her body to look behind his back. Where did those come from? How was he hiding them, and no one suspected a thing?

Reaper cracked a smile.

“H-how?” she asked. “Tell me how you did that.”

Daddy pushed his phone in front of her. Kindly ask. Don’t demand.