CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
Early the next morning, Riley was enjoying breakfast with her family when her phone rang. She still felt guilty for missing dinner the night before, and they all ate in awkward silence.
Her heart jumped when she saw that the call was from Bill. Leaving April, Jilly, and Gabriela clustered around the kitchen table, Riley answered the phone as she got up and stepped out of the kitchen.
“I hope you’ve got some good news,” she said.
“I might,” Bill said. “I got to the BAU bright and early. Remember that drinking glass in the evidence locker?”
“Yeah—the one the killer handled.”
“Well, Sam’s team did get some good DNA off it. And they also got DNA off the plastic flower container we found at the cemetery. Those two samples definitely match.”
Riley’s head buzzed with ex
