Gavin slammed his hand down on the table. He knew this was going to go nowhere. This woman was a narcissist and a psychopath. Probably the coldest and most calculating one he’d ever seen. She actually gave him the creeps as she sat innocently smiling in a challenging manner, daring him to try to place a name on her face. He stared at her, trying to picture the Julia DeHaviland he knew. The woman he liked and respected. All he could think about was how she’d fooled him. The sheer mastery at deception, the ruthless and emotionless killer hidden just under the surface, was frightening. Jesus, you really don’t know the people you associate with.

Molly narrowed her eyes, as if trying to read his thoughts, perhaps to stay one step ahead? Beat him at his own game. It wasn’t going to work. This ended now.

“Whatever you want to call yourself, it doesn’t matter to me because you’re going to prison regardless. I don’t care what your name tag reads when you get there.” With that, he got up and exited the room and entered the adjoining one where Val was standing, waiting for him.

Val didn’t turn her head when Gavin came in. She couldn’t keep her gaze off Molly, who was staring right at Val. Slowly Molly cocked her head, narrowed her eyes, and curled her lips up in a smile. It was as if she knew Val was on the other side of the glass. The reaction sent shivers down Val’s spine.

Gavin grabbed the cord for the window curtain and pulled it shut. “Val, don’t look at her anymore. That’s what she wants. She wants to control the situation. Control you.”

“What’s going to happen now?” Val said, terrified. The thought of Molly loose was more than she could handle.

“She’ll be arraigned, then without doubt, tried and convicted. Then hopefully sentenced to prison for the rest of her life.”

“What about an insanity defense?”

“Of course, they’ll try that. We just have to be ready for it.”

“Will you ever be able to find out who she really is?’’

“Her DNA is in no database and her fingerprints are not on file. So, it’s unlikely, unless someone who knows her comes forward and says who she is. Then we can test her DNA against that person. But honestly, it doesn’t matter if we know who she is because we know what she is.”

“She’s pure evil.”