Dead Man's Grave

The room was dark, save for the faint glow of a desk lamp casting long shadows across the walls. ​ Papers were scattered in chaotic piles, their edges curling from the weight of time and tension. Detective Jenifer Collins sat hunched over her desk, her fingers tracing the outline of a name scrawled in the margins of an old case file: Daniel Collins, Sr. Her father's name. ​ Her pulse quickened as ...