Midnight:

Max’s phone rang. He talked for a couple of seconds before he turned to me, “They have sent the evidence.”

“Play it,” I said calmly, though there was no calm in my mind.

He played the video. It was a bit blurry as it was taken from a distance. But two figures were visible. Those who knew them could recognise them easily.

It was Valerie sitting on the right side, wearing a yellow dress. Her hair was tied into a messy bun. She was eating her dinner. On her right-side sitting ...