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

had been processed, mixed with others,

them, they were simply discarded. Now, even if he tried to track

reviewed all the surveillance footage from the day of Queena's execution. Everything

political rivals to see if they had picked

Bernard.

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months.

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on

had a good relationship. Now that Bernard was

into the limelight.

Uncle Bernard. I'll cby to see lan whenever I

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