Chapter 096: The Truth
The evening sun shines through the glass windows inside the café.
Roger sat at the table, staring at the haggard-looking woman across from him.
He had seen the woman's information from the data, but she herself was much, much older than in the photo.
"Tell me, what really happened back then?"
The weather was obviously hot, but the woman felt as if it was cold.
"It was the most glorious time of the White Apricot Tree Summer Camp, and we continued to expand our business scope, but we still couldn't meet the number of people who skyrocketed every year."
"Of all the children who attended the camp, only a very small number came from Marshetown, and more came from the surrounding cities and Bordeaux city."
"Amerika is one of them."
"She's an introverted girl, her family is pretty good, her mother is a nurse, her father is supposed to work in a bank, and she was sent here just to exercise her social skills."
Ashley clasped her coffee cup in both hands.
"Do you have a picture of her?" Roger asked.
Ashley hesitated, but pulled out a photo from her handbag.
At first, Roger didn't expect to be able to meet Ashley so soon, but after meeting, he learned that there were some problems in Ashley's family.
Because of bankruptcy, she was in debt, and she had no choice but to flee from Bordeaux to the town below.
It's the town of Riverdale not far from here.
After some negotiation, the two agreed to meet at a café in Swamptown.
"You still have a picture of her."
Ashley hid her face with her hands.
"I don't know what's going on, maybe it's fate, I found it by chance when I was packing up my materials."
The photo shows a thin girl with dull eyes and yellowish hair.
She seemed to refuse to contrast, and her eyes subconsciously avoided the camera.
Roger looked at it carefully several times, this girl is two completely different types from Danielle in terms of facial features.
It's really not her...... The last bit of thought in my heart was in vain.
"At that time, there were a total of 4 boys involved in this matter, and the first one was that Judd, who was tall and handsome, and had been a star in the school since he was a child."
"The other three were all he met at summer camp."
Ashley sighed.
"It was really a negligence on our part of management, there were too few staff, and then that happened to the accident."
Roger sneered.
"But you didn't report the incident afterwards, but chose to remain silent."
Ashley was speechless.
"What can I do?"
"In order to expand the summer camp, I borrowed a large amount of money from the bank, and if this matter spreads, I will lose the future of the white apricot tree summer camp."
"What other parent can safely send their child here the next year?!"
Her voice became rapid, as if convincing herself.
"What would you do if it were you?"
"What happened to this girl?" Roger places America's picture on the table.
"Shortly after that incident, we notified her parents to come to the White Apricot Tree Summer Camp to pick her up."
"You know the road conditions here in Swamp Town, it was raining heavily that day, and her father's car burst a tire and rushed into the swamp next to it."
"By the time we found the car, it was two days later."
A chill suddenly rose in Roger's heart.
It was hard for him to imagine the look on the face of this girl who had experienced the most painful ordeal when she saw the corpses of her parents in that environment.
Originally, her parents were her only reliant on justice.
But now, nothing exists.
Ashley shuddered and drank the coffee from her cup.
"Without a guardian, this matter would have been much easier to handle, and I still secretly compensated her a large amount of money, but she didn't ask for it."
"I don't know what happened next."
"Without a guardian, she was not an adult at the time, maybe she was adopted by relatives or sent to a federal welfare agency."
"I haven't seen her since."
Roger suddenly remembered what Henrik once said, "What is more terrible than evil spirits is the human heart." ”
Although the woman in front of her looked depressed at this time, she was so high-spirited three years ago.
Although she was not the perpetrator, her handling and actions were worse than those of the Judd Four.
"That's how it happened."
She glanced up at Roger, "It's been so long, how did you find out?" ”
"Did Ami Carrie take the initiative to report the crime?"
Roger shook his head.
"Don't you know?"
"Know what?"
"The main messenger of the year was Judd, and the remaining three people were Travis, Allen, and Jonathan."
Ashley nodded.
"They're all dead."
"Drowned in Crystal Lake."
"And within a month."
"What?"
Ashley's face turned pale in an instant.
"It's true, it's all true!"
"It must be the ghosts of her parents who have returned!"
Seeing Ashley's expression, Roger instantly understood something.
"Have you been experiencing anything lately?"
Ashley clutched her head in pain, "I thought it was a condemnation from my conscience that caused me to hallucinate, but now it seems that it must be the ghosts of her parents who have returned!" ”
"It must be like this!"
She panicked to her feet.
"No, I can't stay here any longer, I need to get out of here, get out of the swamp!"
Roger grabbed the woman's arm.
"Calm down, tell me everything you know, and I might be able to help you!"
It took a lot of effort for him to calm down the dazed Ashley.
In Ashley's narration, Roger finally understood why this woman would easily tell the events of the year.
Recently, she was awakened by nightmares every day, and a familiar female voice lingered in her ears, she didn't care about it at first, but gradually, the impact became bigger and bigger.
had tortured her to the point of collapse, and at this time, Roger's phone call became an outlet for Ashley's emotions.
"Evil spirits?"
Ashley's experience is much like the simplest paranormal event, the level of the spirit is not high, and it can only barely affect her sanity, disturbing her spirit through nightmares.
It doesn't seem to be able to even create illusions.
But then Roger frowned.
"It doesn't seem to have much to do with the deaths of the other four?"
"There's no reason why the revenger is cruel to the other 4 people, but he is so indifferent to him, after all, in Roger's opinion, this Ashley is by no means lighter than the other 4 people!"
"Take me to where you live!"
Roger made a quick decision.
But at this moment, the person he sent to the police station to keep an eye on him called him to tell him that Danielle had appeared!