After finishing her rounds, Nicole returned to her office and sank into her chair.
For the past few days, she'd been fighting hard not to think about that intense kiss with Ben in the solitary cell. She took a deep breath—she couldn't let her emotions interfere with her work, especially not at such a crucial moment.
She studied every detail of the forensic report, searching for a lead in the blood sample from the third person. She'd even emailed the forensics lab to request a comparison with the DNA of registered suspects or fugitives, but the results left her baffled.
Not a single match.
'Who the hell is this guy?' she thought, frowning. This third person had no record, no history. His identity was a complete mystery. It looked like her next move would have to be investigating Amy's s
