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Chapters (48)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  45. Acknowledgements
  46. A note from the publisher
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She couldn’t believe she was standing here, among police officers, hearing first-hand information about this case. This detective, the lead detective no less, was giving her information as if she was part of his team, more significantly, like she knew what she was doing. The more Gavin spoke, the more Val liked him. The fact that Dr. Blythe wasn’t here was far from her mind. Right now, she was in charge.

“The skull is bone only. The arm appears to be mummified,” Gavin explained. “All of the teeth are missing.”

Val just nodded her head and glanced at the body parts from where she stood.

“You might want to take a look,” Gavin suggested

Val moved forward slowly, anxious yet excited, like a teenager allowed to drive the family car for the first time. It took a few seconds before it sunk in that she was actually supposed to do this. Being a death investigator, she was privy to dismembered remains in front of her. She could touch them.

She put on a pair of latex gloves and picked up the skull, holding it upside down to get a good view at the empty tooth sockets, then flipped it back around, inspecting them from the side. All were fractured as if someone grabbed a hold with a pair of pliers and ripped the teeth out, breaking the front piece of bone holding them in.

She reached into her bag, pulled out a flashlight and shone the beam into the sockets. That’s odd. She looked at the shape of the breaks and the amount of bone remaining around them.

Warren’s voice made her jump. “Dr. Blythe is on his way. He told me to thank you and that he’s sorry about the mix-up in sending you here. I’m to send you home.”

Val just stared. The last thing in the world she wanted was to be pulled away now. “Okay, I’ll finish documenting this first,” she said hopefully. Maybe they would at least let her stay for that.

“I’m sorry, Dr. Knight. He told me to send you home now.” Warren’s voice was more apologetic than forceful. “He’s in charge of the remains. It’s his call.”

Val noticed Gavin on his phone. He was yelling at someone, but Val couldn’t make out what was going on. She put the skull down and started to gather her supplies. As she was doing so, Gavin walked over and handed her his business card, the phone still pressed to his ear.

“Call me if you know of anything that might help on this.”

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