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Chapter 4 - The suspicious figure chapter 3

Alex's investigation leads her to a local surveillance footage that shows a suspicious figure lurking around Billie's neighborhood on the night she disappeared. The figure is partially obscured, but Alex is convinced that it's the same person who's been seen around town.

Determined to identify the figure, Alex starts canvassing the neighborhood, showing the footage to locals and asking if they recognize the person, one of the neighbor,an elderly woman, seems particularly nervous when she sees the footage, Alex presses her for more information, and the woman revealed that she's seen the same figure around town before.

The woman describes the figure as tall,with a distinctive tattoo on the neck. Alex recognizes the tattoo as belonging to a local legend, a man rumored to be involved in shady dealings. Alex starts to investigate the man the man's alibi for the night Billie disappeared.

As Alex digs deeper, she discovers that the man has a history of violence and intimidation. She's not sure if he's directly involved in Billie's disappearance, but she convinced that he knows more than he's letting on.

The police are skeptical of Alex's theories, and they warned her to be careful. But Alex is undeterred, convincing that she's getting close to finding Billie.

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