On the other side of town, Fitch hung up the phone and stared at the pile of documents spread out before him. They contained the

files of death row inmates from the prison where Queena had been held.

If Queena had been replaced, the most likely candidates for such a swap would be other death row inmates from the sfacility -

the perfect way to avoid suspicion.

But on the day the execution was carried out, there were only two individuals on the docket. Both files had been thoroughly vetted.

One was Queena's, and the other belonged to a woman.

Fitch had already been to Oakford, searching for Queena's ashes, but they had been scattered into the sea.

He'd looked into the other executed woman's background and found she had been her mother's sole companion. Tragically, the

person she murdered was her own mother.

Therefore, her ashes also went unclaimed, as no relative wanted anything to do with the remains of a convicted killer.

Fitch frowned, turning to his assistant.

"Are this woman's ashes still held by the prison since no one claimed them?"

"Sir, if no one claims them, they're usually disposed of in snondescript manner."

"Check it out, see if there's anything left of the ashes."

orders, Fitch suspected the

an hour, his man reported back. The ashes had

they were simply discarded. Now, even if he

footage from the day

if they had picked up on any leads, when his phone rang. It

Bernard.

got a target on my back. I'll have to stay put for a while. Could you occasionally check on lan for

a cure, but she

knew Sarah's capabilities. If she was really focused on finding an antidote for lan, she could probably have something in

months.

"What about Patric?"

before

to make things too

yet Bernard's replies were seamless. And

allow

am I allowed to see lan

is your friend, and you're worried about him, right? I don’t trust anyone else with this, and now that I'm

ensure no one will take a shot at

lan had made quite the nfor himself, and

on

lan had a good relationship. Now that Bernard was being watched, lan was inadvertently

into the limelight.

to

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