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."

the ashes

man reported back. The ashes had

even if he tried to track them down, it would lead

from the day of Queena's execution. Everything

about to inquire about Bernard's political rivals to see if they had picked up on any

Bernard.

to stay put for a while. Could you

a cure, but

knew Sarah's capabilities. If she was really focused on finding an

months.

"What about Patric?"

to help monitor sdata before he's released.

make things too

his alertness heightened, yet Bernard's replies were

would he allow

Bernard, am I allowed to see lan

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

one will

the nfor himself, and Holden's apprentices had been eyeing

encroaching on others’

outside world, Bernard and lan had a good relationship. Now that Bernard was being

into the limelight.

cby to see lan whenever I get

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