Luledtheteambacktotheamusementpark.
Hestoppedattheintersecapturedinthesurveige,eyesliftingtothecameraperchedhighonautilitypole.Followingitsaracedthenarrowalleyleadingtowardtheemployeebreakroom.
Justbeyondthecamera''''''''sblindspotsatabench,theexactspotJulianhadbeenstaringatiage.
Aotherofthelittlegirlseeniage,someoneinabearmasehadbeensittingonthatbenchatthetime.Herdaughterhadexcitedlywaohugthe"bigbear",butburstintotearswhensheglimpsedamanwithburnscarsonhisface.
Thewomanrecalledthatthepersoniumehadremovedthemascothead,revealingayoungwomahatsamewomanhadthendisappearedthroughadoorattheendofthealley,apahemanherdaughterhadfeared.
Lu''''''''sthoughtstangled.AmongallthephotosshowntothewithemotherhadinstantlyidentifiedReya.
Ithadalreadybeenfirmedthedaybefore:nootherstaffmemberhadwornthebeare,whichmeantReyawaslikelythestpersonJulianhadseenbeforehisdeath.
Julianwasdead.Reyahadvanished.Ifshewasn''''''''tfleeingoutofguilt...thenshecouldalreadybeinseriousdanger.
ThesearchforReyahadnowmovedbeyondtheamusementpark''''''''sjurisdi—itwasofficiallyapolicematter.
ManyseniorofficershadknownReyasinceshewasachild.Astheimplicationssankin,theweightofthemomeledoverthemalllikeaheavyfog.
Theforensicsteamdeliveredtheirreportoprintsfoundoutsidetheemployeebreakroofact,eventhepark''''''''sershadedit,leavingavisibleyerofdustundisturbedontheground.
Threedistisoffreshfootprintsstoodout,interspersedwithsmudgedimpressionslikelymadebytheoversizedfeetofamase.
ObelooamareadmatchedtheshoesrecoveredfromJulian''''''''scorpse.Thestridepatternsuggestedhehadehebreakroomatasteadypacebutstumbledonthewayout,mirrwhatsurveilncehadcaptured.Moxisuspectedhemightalreadyhavebeenshowingearlysignsofaheartattack.
Theothertwosetsweresmaller.Oleftpleteprintsbothenteringaingthebreakroom,suggestingsomeonehadgoneinandebackout.Thesedset,however,onlyshowedarail,nosignofarahesewerepreliminarilylioReya,likelymadeaftershehadremovedthemaseinside.OfficershadalreadybeendispatchedtoLu''''''''shometoretrieveanotherpairofhershoesforfirmation.
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