Kane straightens his spine, standing slightly taller.
I shake my head. “Fern gave him an alibi. Said he was with her until about midnight. The break-in was around eleven.”
“Fern’s fucking the doctor?” Kane spits.
“Not anymore.”
Dom cracks his neck as if gearing up for a fight. “Anyone else you recognise on the list?”
“What list?” Kane furrows his brows, eyes widening.
I didn’t want to have to tell Kane about Lilly’s adult content account, he has enough problems of his own, but he may as well know what we’re dealing with here. “She had a creator’s account with over one hundred subscribers.”
The lines deepen on his brow. “So?”
“It was on Seductive Streams.”
His eyes bulge. “Since when?”
“A few months.” I shrug, not knowing the exact date. “The end of the summer, maybe.”
“Fuck.” His jaw clenches. “And you’re okay with this?”
“Of course not. I put a stop to it the second I found out. But I’m sure one of those motherfuckers is the person who broke in. I just can’t figure out who. I wasted two fucking weeks tracking the doc while the real perpetrator is still out there.”
“Where’s the list?”
I pull the list up on my phone. “Other than the doctor, the only other subscriber within a hundred miles is this chick.” I pull up a photograph of her profile picture. A young blonde girl. Her profile name, naughtykitty.
Dom says, “I tracked her account to a house on the Pondside estate, but she’s not there now. I couldn’t trace the IP as she must be using a VPN.”
“Isn’t that suss?” Kane says as he zooms in on the image.
Dom shrugs. “It’s fairly common these days, especially if you’re into adult content. Looks like this girl had her own side gig, but she hasn’t posted in a while.”
Kane zooms in further, examining the photo as if he recognises her. “What’s her name? Have you done a background check?”
“I haven’t been able to trace her. Just the account address. But there’s nothing on the system for previous residents.
“It looks like Asher’s old girlfriend to me.”
I snatch the phone from him. “There’s no way that’s Jodessa Kovalenko. The girl I nicked is an addict. She was thin and looks much older.”
“Maybe this is an old photo. But that’s definitely her.”
“But why would she want to break in to Lilly’s place?” Dom says as he looks between the two of us, trying to piece everything together.
I’ve been so fucking blind, dismissing this woman, thinking she was just a friend of Lilly’s because she’s a girl. “If this is the same woman whose house I raided…” I rub at my temple as a pain shoots through my head. “Then she’s friends with Levi Jackson.” It’s all making sense now, The ring light set up, the laptop with the adult content site. “This girl hasn’t been watching Lilly. It’s someone else, and I’d bet my life it’s that motherfucker.”
Kane’s face pales, as if the nauseating worry in the pit of my stomach is catching. “Call Fern. See if she’s there.”
“Sure. Like I still have my ex-wife’s number.”
He pulls out his phone and starts frantically tapping on the screen. “Who lives in the Lake View Rise flats?”
I snatch the phone from his hand. “What’s this?”
“That’s her car. I put a tracker on it years ago.” He flicks his eyes at the ceiling, sensing my unease. “Don’t worry, I haven’t looked at it in ages. I just did it for my peace of mind.”
