Laying on the bed, trembling with his eyes swollen and red was Rick. All he kept saying to himself was "it was my fault, I should've saved her, I shouldn't have ignored the signs."

People have been reaching out to the family, showing up to their doorsteps but the house was gloomy, everyone was trying to find different ways of coping while her killer is still free.

Mr. Hines  went into Rick's room after overhearing his breakdown and said to him "none of this is your fault, okay?" He sat on the bed and started rubbing his back to calm him down. Then he gave him a hug.

"Yes it was!!! I saw them bruises on her hands and I feared for her, my initial thought was Jake but she told m-, she told me not to worry" he cried.

"What?!! You knew about the abuse and you didn't tell us anything?" Mr. Hines asked him.

"We knew how you guys would've reacted if we said anything to you, plus I didn't want to lose the bond I had with my sister by snitching on her."

There was silence.

The family notified that Kevin was no where to be found and could've possibly moved out the country.

By now Cassie's death have been broadcasted all over Long Island and they are still on the look out for Kevin.

Later in the day, the sound of the kettle could be heard coming from the kitchen. Mrs. Hines rushed to the kettle, same time her phone was ringing but she didn't hear it until the last ring.

When she checked the phone, she saw that it was Kevin calling.

She dialed back the number. Without a ring :

"Yo this is Kevin, you can leave me a message and Imma get back to you." *Beep!*

"How convenient it is that you left  after murdering my daughter? I know you killed her. My question to you is why? Why? I want you to come here and look me in the face, look us in the face and give us an explanation as to why you would resort to that? Was it because of that boy? After all that, you owe us nothing but your honesty. I hope you know you left a hole in our hearts, I hope you know you destroyed us forever. I hope you know we have to sit here for the rest of our time on earth without Cassie as if it's normal. Life is funny, because I actually liked you for her then you went ahead and did this? Tell me this is not true tell me please! Tell me she's with you right now and that y'all ran off and eloped or something. Please! I promise we wont come and find you guys.....I won't, just please tell me she's safe please, tell me she faked her death, I want to hear her voice, you and I both know she never deserved this" she begged while sniffling and placing her head in her hands filled with tears.

She cried that entire night on the floor, holding a picture of the family that they took a month before her passing.

The phone hanged up and the voicemail was sent.

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Meanwhile, Rick sat in the corner of his room looking through pictures he took with Cassie while crying and sniffling. In one of the pictures, he spotted Cassie holding a book and immediately thought about her journal. He ran into her room to look for it and ended up finding it in her closet. He wanted to tell his parents about it but he knew that  they would possibly try to stop him from giving the detective so he decided to tell them after.

Rick ended up calling Detective Walsh to give her the book.

"Your parents know you're out this late?" She asked.

"Pssh I'm seventeen" he said while pushing his hands in his pockets.

"I was reading through it and I think you could use to help you" he said.

"What's this?" she asked.

"Cassie's Journal" he said. "I gave it to her for her 18th birthday, she was always private but if it's to bring her justice...consider it an exception."

"Okay, I won't let you guys down, I promise." She said.

His eyes became watery as he tried to stop the tears from flowing, she opened her arms, embracing him as he walked up to her and rested his head on her shoulders.

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