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 ashes were presumably long

ashes had been processed,

if he

the surveillance footage from the day of Queena's execution.

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

Bernard.

on my back. I'll have to stay put for

cure, but she

finding an

months.

"What about Patric?"

to help monitor sdata before

to make things

heightened, yet Bernard's replies were seamless. And if Bernard truly intended to

allow him

Bernard, am I allowed to see lan

your friend, and you're worried about him, right? I don’t trust

no one will

quite the nfor himself, and Holden's apprentices

encroaching on

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

into the limelight.

to see

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