Lucian''sreporthadomittedthenameofthewomanwho''dbeenwithJulianbeforehisdeath.Buttheoriginalfiletoldadifferentstory—everydetailwasthere.Fingerprintsonthedoorknob.Footprints.Photographsofthestaffbreakroomandthehauntedhouseitself.ADNAreportfromsemen.Theautopsy.Andmore.

        WhenJunsawReya''sfootprints,theoversizedbearcostume,andtheletterJulianhadwrittentohis"Esmeralda,"thealarminsidehimshriekedlikeafirebell,ringingthroughhisskull.

        SoReyahadnotmerelybeenJulian''scolleague.Andthatyoungmanwiththescarredfacehadnot,asthereportsoblandlyclaimed,simplychosensuicidebecausethehauntedhousehadclosed,leavinghimdestitute.

        NowonderLucian—alwaysprecise,alwaysuncompromising—hadsubmitted,forthefirsttimeinhiscareer,areportthatwasambiguous.

        Nowondertheentiresquadkeptsilentaboutthehauntedhousecase.Itwasn''tonlybecausethemanager''sarsonandcorpse-burningfollowedsoquicklyafter,demandingalltheirtimeandattentionforthevictimsinthosephotographs.

        Butwhatdiditmatter,knowingthatReyaandJulianhadbeenentangled?Onpaper,therewasnowaytotieJulian''sdeathtoher.Evenifsomeonehadseenthemtogetherinthestaffbreakroom,ithadnocausallinktohisfall.

        Julianhadjumped.Therehadbeennostruggle,nosignofforce.UnlessReyacouldfly,shecouldnothavepushedhimwithoutleavingatrace.Theconclusioncouldonlybesuicide—oraccident.

        AtleastJulianhadnofamily,nofriendstolashoutatReya,tobrandheratemptress,toinsistshehaddrivenhimtodespair—evenwithoutevidence.

        Junclosedthefileandletoutalongbreath.Theantofinstinctwasstillcrawlinginsidehim,butfasternow,burrowingdeeper.

        Thiscasewasadeadend.Andwithallthefilesfromthedouble-murderseized,onlythecleaner''sarsoncaseremainedforhimtocombthrough.

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