Chapter 130

At the moment, Julian was sitting under a big tree in a regular farmhouse yard, listening to the audio clip Brandon had sent him. After hearing it, his face showed a trace of contemplation. Then he replied to Brandon with a message: "The girl’s not telling the truth. Keep an eye out." Brandon responded with a simple OK emoji. Still, in his mind, he was puzzled—how on earth did Julian pick up on that? The girl sounded honest enough, even cried real hard; her emotion didn’t feel fake at all. Julian sure was the suspicious type. Meanwhile, over on the couch— "Ella, you’re from Willow City, right?" Claire asked gently. "Yeah." Ella Nielsen nodded, a bit confused as to why Claire would bring that up. Claire pulled out a notebook from her bag. She had jotted down what Fiona had mumbled when drunk and now handed the notebook over to her. “Take a look and see if this place she mentioned rings any bells. Maybe that girl who bullied you ever talked about somewhere like that, too.” Ella took the