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He didn’t
“Started?” Eli said quietly “What does that mean?”
“I have access to a lot of resources,” I hedged “After I saw the story about what happened to you and that young woman-”
“Riley,” Eli whispered
“Riley,” I said with a nod “After I read about what Cyrus Hamilton did to you and Riley, I wanted to know more about you…the stuff that wasn’t in the papers”
When I’d started , I’d expected to find the basics…credit reports, financial records, family information What I’d found had left ot into the details
The second I had typed Eli Galvez into the internet search engine, I’d been swamped with the same story over and over and I’d instantly reht years earlier Eli had been a teenager at the ti woman named Riley Sinclair had been abducted by a man who’d been the prime suspect in the disappearance of several women,the victi with more than a dozen others, had been found on Cyrus Hamilton’s property after Doan, had tracked the killer to his reton They’d arrived just in tihter took his life before he could kill Eli and his friend
“What…what else did you find?” Eli et out He still looked like he was ready to bolt
“I knohat happened to you after your mom was deported and your sister disappeared”
All the color drained fro to leave, he sank down onto the couch, the water bottle he’d been holding crushed to his chest
“Doot those records sealed so no one would find out…” Eli whispered before his words trailed off
“They are sealed, Eli It would take soet to them”
Eli’s gaze shifted from the floor to me “Someone like you,” he murmured I didn’t miss the accusation in his tone and for the first ti time, I wasn’t proud of the tech skills I was known for
After reading about Eli’s abduction, I’d been in a full-on rage and I’d actually had to take a break and go down to the gy they had down there But withinback down in front of ed to ta back when I’d discovered the arrest records I’d suspected even before I’d opened thees were, but a part of me had hoped and prayed they’d been for soe kids sometimes pulled
They hadn’t been for a stunt