ZACK WAS SURPRISED when he looked up from his book and saw that it was not a nurse who had just entered - Sergeant Mitchell was the last person he would have expected to see at that time.
“You’re here late, sergeant,” he remarked as he set aside his book and reached for the cup of water on the cabinet next to him. “What can I do for you?” Even if the lateness of the visit hadn’t told him that something more had happened, the look on Mitchell’s face would have. “Have you found Emily?”
Mitchell nodded, his head jerking up and down in short, sharp movements as he said, “We found her alright; we found her and she’s still alive. Does that surprise you?”
It was Zack’s turn to nod. “Given what you’ve said of what was done to Georgina Ryder and Lucy Goulding, I’m very surprised. She must be tou
