Julianhadjumped.Therehadbeennle,nosignofforlessReyacouldfly,shecouldnothavepushedhimwithoutleavingatrace.Theclusioncouldonlybesuicide—oract.
AtleastJulianhadnofamily,nofriendstoshoutatReya,tobraemptress,toinsistshehaddrivenhimtodespair—evenwithoutevidence.
Junclosedthefileaaloh.Theantofinstinctwasstillcrawlinginsidehim,butfasternow,burrowingdeeper.
Thiscasewasadeadend.Andwithallthefilesfromthedouble-murderseized,onlytheer''''''''sarsoncaseremainedforhimth.
WhenJuothearchivestorequestthefileontheer''''''''sarsoncase,hiscolleaguegavehimastrangelook.Thesecaseswerealreadysidered"settled"—ouchedthemanymore.Jun''''''''ssudde,hisfrequentvisits,hardlylookedlikesimplestudy.
"Doyou...heUSB?"theclerkfinallyaskedafterapause."Ithastherecoveredevideos.Butyou''''''''llhavetosignanadditionallog.Youknow—there''''''''salotofsensitivematerialinthere."
ItwasonlythenthatJunrealizedwhathiscolleaguethought.Thathehadetoseethoseimages—thewomenbrutalized,caughtoncameraintheirworsthumiliation.
Awaveofdisgustroseinhim,sharpandcold.Heshookhishead,hisvoicetighterthaended."No."
Healreadykhosephotosdidn''''''''ttainReya.Andhehadnoiihers.
Ihefilewasaworkphotooftheer,Linisan,tuckedintoaformlistingherbasicdetails.Jun''''''''seyesskimmedoverit—thenliherewassomethingstrangelyfamiliar.
Io,Linisanwasfarthihanwheurnedherselfin,heavilypregnant.Herfeatureswerenotdelicate,yettheyheldaquietdignity,touchedonlybythefaintdownturnofhermouth—afaceetchedwithsorrow.
Thefacereflectsthelife.
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