The Hair in the Stew: A Student Journalist Uncovers a Fog-Shrouded Town's Dark Secret in Mist Falls
👉 Previous Choice: You chose B) To confront Deputy Marcus Brody privately at his off-duty outpost.
Leo found Deputy Brody at his small, remote outpost cabin, cleaning his patrol vehicle. The deputy’s shoulders slumped when Leo presented medical file #409-B, detailing the skull fractures.
Brody ran a hand over his face, his eyes red-rimmed. “I couldn’t live with it anymore,” he rasped. “The drowning story… it was a lie from day one. Arthur made us write it.”
He confessed, his voice heavy with guilt. He had known Leo was coming, knew his family’s history. He admitted to planting Sam Lawson’s hair and ring in Arthur’s kitchen stew, a desperate, last-ditch attempt to flag down an outside journalist.
Brody walked to a small, heavy safe hidden in his closet. He pulled out a worn metal box. “These are the originals,” he said, handing them to Leo. “The physical crime scene photos. I saved them. Just in case.”
➡️ Read CHAPTER 12 to continue the story
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