Page 155 of Girl Between (Dana Gray FBI Mystery Thriller #5)

Discharged from the hospital and finally feeling strong enough to put the case behind her, Dana had one thing left to do. She’d already been through the folder George had left for her detailing the findings in the case, but she’d yet to listen to the voice files.

Taking a deep breath, Dana hit play.

The following is from a recorded interview with the District Attorney and Levi Monroe:

DA: Please state your name for the record.

Monroe: Levi Monroe.

DA: And you’re claiming responsibility for the Casquette Girl killings and the Harvest Girls abduction?

Monroe: If you say so.

DA: There’s a twenty-year gap between those cases. Why start killing again?

Monroe: Who said I ever stopped ?

DA: Are there more bodies than what’s been discovered?

Monroe: You’re the ones with all the evidence. You tell me.

DA: I’m offering you a chance to tell your side of the story, Mr. Monroe.

Monroe: I’m afraid it doesn’t have a happy ending.

DA: Why don’t we start from the beginning? Who was your first victim?

Monroe: I can’t say I remember.

DA: Was it the Harvest Girls?

Monroe: No. They were gifts for her.

DA: Her? The woman in the attic?

Monroe: Yes and No.

DA: Who was the woman in the attic?

Monroe: Rebecca.

DA: Who is Rebecca?

Monroe: My sister.

DA: Did you kill her?

Monroe: No. Landry killed her.

DA: Dr. Landry?

Monroe: Yes.

DA: Was Dr. Landry involved in the abduction of the Harvest Girls?

Monroe: No.

DA: Are they dead?

Monroe: Death is a gift, where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts.

DA: Why did you abduct the Harvest Girls?

Monroe: I had to.

DA: Why?

Monroe: They were begging me. They were wearing white dresses.

All four of them. Pretty as a picture. I knew instantly that they would be the perfect gifts for Rebecca.

She loved to dress up like the Casquette Girls.

I took her to the festival once. After that it was all she talked about.

Wanting to be a vampire who could live forever, just like the Casquette Girls.

I know it’s just a fairytale, but I couldn’t break Rebecca’s heart.

She was dying. She needed something to believe in .

DA: Why was she dying?

Monroe: Because Landry lied to her.

Breathing heavy, Dana hit pause. Hearing Monroe’s voice brought it all rushing back. The pain, the terror … Maybe it was too soon. With shaking hands, she closed her laptop, promising to come back to it.