Lu''''''''sreporthadomittedthehewomanwho''''''''dbeenwithJulianbeforehisdeath.Buttheinalfiletoldadifferentstory—everydetailwasthere.Fingerprintsonthedoorknob.Footprints.Photographsofthestaffbreakroomandthehauntedhouseitself.ADfromsemeopsy.Andmore.
WhenJunsawReya''''''''sfootprints,theoversizedbeare,aerJulianhadwrittentohis"Esmeralda,"thearminsidehimshriekedlikeafirebell,ringingthroughhisskull.
SoReyahadnotmerelybeenJulian''''''''scolleague.Andthatyoungmanwiththescarredfacehadnot,asthereportsobndlycimed,simplychosensuicidebecausethehauntedhousehadclosed,leavinghimdestitute.
NowonderLu—alrecise,alwaysunpromising—hadsubmitted,forthefirsttimeinhiscareer,areportthatwasambiguous.
Nowoheentiresquadkeptsilentaboutthehauntedhousecase.Itwasn''''''''tonlybecausethemanager''''''''sarsonandcorpse-burningfollowedsoquicklyafter,demandingalltheirtimeandattentionforthevictimsinthosephotographs.
Butwhatdiditmatter,knowingthatReyaandJulianhadbeeangled?OherewasnowaytotieJulian''''''''sdeathtoher.Evenifsomeonehadseeogetheriaffbreakroom,ithadnocausallinktohisfall.
Julianhadjumped.Therehadbeennle,nosignofforlessReyacouldfly,shecouldnothavepushedhimwithoutleavingatrace.Theclusioncouldonlybesuicide—oract.
AtleastJulianhadnofamily,nofriendstoshoutatReya,tobraemptress,toinsistshehaddrivenhimtodespair—evenwithoutevidence.
Junclosedthefileaaloh.Theantofinstinctwasstillcrawlinginsidehim,butfasternow,burrowingdeeper.
Thiscasewasadeadend.Andwithallthefilesfromthedouble-murderseized,onlytheer''''''''sarsoncaseremainedforhimth.
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