A NEW DAY JOHN PRESENT DAY Gideon Detective Services, Chicago It has been nearly two years since Walter was last seen. In that time, so much has changed. I fear that I am coming unhinged. I spend most of my days locked in my office — no, not the small desk space I shared with Walter on the 4th floor of the Chicago Police Precinct. It's now my own Private Investigation office. I am no longer a detective with the Chicago Police Department. My law-and-order days have been reduced to catching people cheating on their spouses. This allows me to fund my own personal investigation into Walter's whereabouts. I know he's out there somewhere. Unlike the people that we were investigating together, he has a past. He has a family — me. People miss him. I don't care what anyone else says, he was no

