35“Lab reports are in,” said Dufort, and Maron and Perrault left their desks to follow him into his office. “The sample from under the fingernails was good. Not degraded. They were able to get material from the flask as well, which matches the fingernail sample.”
Perrault realized she was holding her breath, even though she knew Lapin would be cleared.
“Neither matches Lapin,” said Dufort, and Perrault whooped and then tried to look serious.
“I thought Lapin was considered to be a giant pain by pretty much every woman in the village,” said Maron.
“He is,” said Perrault. “But he’s our pain, you know?”
Maron shook his head.
“If we could narrow down a suspect, we have the DNA to arrest and likely convict. But we can’t run around the village taking samples from everyone on the street. We
