YetLucouldn''''''''tshakethefeelingthatsomethingwasoff.
Thebodyhadbeenfoundlyihemattress.Ifthemanagerhadfallenbackwardandhithisheadduringaion,whywouldheendupthere?Couldaheavilypregnantwomanreallyhavemovedamanweighingover200poundsbyherself?
Theautopsyaddedanotherwrinkle:nosoot,nothermalinjuryintheairway.Hehadn''''''''tbreathedwhilethefireraged—hewasalreadydeadbeforeitstarted.Hehadn''''''''tcrawledtothebedhimself.
LuhadpreviouslybedthroughLinisan''''''''ssocialcirdfoundnosignofanothermanwhocouldhavehelpedher.
Withhertearfulfession,thecaseteicallyclosed.Withalltheselingeringdoubts,Lusubmittedthereport.
Linisanwaschargedwithdesecrationofacorpsearuofevidence.However,sideringshehadbeeedlysexuallyassaultedandpsychologicallymaniputedbythedeceased,andthecaseinvolvedself-defehafession,thecourtwaslikelytoshowleniency.Hersentencewouldbenomorethanthreeyears,anditwouldbeginonlyaftershegavebirth.
Withiwocaseswereclosedjustlikethat.
Onpaper,justicehadbeenserved.
ButLucouldstillfeelit—theitchbetweenhisshoulderbdes,thewhisperinthebackofhismind:Thisisn''''''''tover.
Itwasn''''''''tthathelikedtooverplicatethings,orthatheingfh-profileserialkillercasetoboosthiscareer.Aftersomanyyearsasadetective,Lusimplytrustedhisinstincts—andtheywerescreamingthatsomethingwasn''''''''tright.
Butpoliceworkdemandedevidehoutanythingsolidtochalleheofficialclusions,allhecoulddotthem.
Junhadhisdoubts,too.
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