Chapter 16: Overdose
September 9, 20—
12:11 A.M.
487 Fiddle Way
The body of Cheylanne Cliffton was naked and starting to turn a deep yellow in her bathroom’s tub. Rigor mortis was already beginning to set in and everything about the city girl model started to resemble something hard. Twenty-eight-year-old CeeAnne, as her three female roommates called her, had been dead since noon. Two empty pill bottles and their caps were on the white tile floor. CeeAnne’s eyes were wide open and shined a dull gray hue. Her mouth was ajar and her tongue looked swollen, twice its natural size. It was obvious that she had accidentally committed suicide from an overdose of pain killers. The prescription bottles on the floor were made out to a Lionel Cliffton, CeeAnne’s uncle. Lionel lived in the Bay-Wolf
