My Death Countdown (by Netulla) novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21

On twenty–six sheets of paper lay twenty–six printed records of text messages.

Black–and–white photographs, mingled with long passages of text, flooded Adrien’s vision all at once.

Memories surged into his mind, drawn out from the long–buried past.

He looked through each sheet, his gaze first sweeping over the black–and–white photos.

Adrien found every photo on the paper familiar.

Many of them could still be found as originals in his phone, which he hadn’t turned on in ages.

After he finished looking at all the images, a tingling sensation slowly crept over his temples.

It wasn’t painful, but it made him feel completely awake.

He gathered all the scattered papers, stumbled to his feet, and returned to the bedroom to turn on the light.

Then he found his phone tossed in a corner, plugged it in to charge, and pressed the power button.

The phone’s lock screen was a photo of Sylvia, and the password was her birthday.

There were only a dozen or so photos of Adrien and Sylvia in the album, all taken before September.

ince September, there had been no new photos of them together.

Because his attention had been drawn to someone else, and his phone’s camera would only point at that person.

The photos he took of that person were hidden away, locked behind a password.

The password was Kiersten’s birthday.

He entered a string of numbers, and the screen quickly switched, countless thumbnails flashing by.

One after another, he scrolled for a long time before reaching the end.

Comparing them to the blurry images on the paper, Adrien found those photos.

From the style of clothing, to the location, to the surrounding environment, everything matched up.

These photos had been taken by Kiersten using his phone, and she had picked out the best ones to send to herself.

The rest he had locked away together.

By rights, no third person should ever have seen these photos.

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