She smiled weakly and then turned back to a pile of scarves on the floor. “I never wear scarves. Most of these are from Secret Santas at the firm. For some reason, everyone thinks female attorneys want scarves.”

“Anything missing?” Rock asked.

“Yes. One I got from my mentor, Robert Mayes. It was blue.” She gulped. “And monogrammed.”

“I’m seeing a pattern,” Rock said. “Whoever did this was going for monogrammed things that could be easily traced to you.”

“Still circumstantial,” Lacey said dully, not sounding convinced.

“Circumstantial is all they need to tie you to the murder.”

“What the hell is my motive?” she shrieked. “I hardly knew the man!”

“Think,” he said. “Is there something you’re forgetting? Did my asshole father ever come onto you?”

“Of course he did. Derek Wolfe came onto every available female.”

“There’s your motive.”

“No.” She shook her head. “He didn’t push it. I told him no, and that was that.”

“What about the guy who referred my father to you?”

“That was Robert Mayes. My mentor.”

“You trust the guy?”

“Of course I do! He was always good to me.”

“Maybe we should talk to him.”

Lacey sighed. “Another scarf is gone.”

“Monogrammed?”

“No, not this one. Maybe we’re on the wrong track.”

“I don’t think so. It’d look pretty suspicious if someone robbed you and only took monogrammed items.”

“This whole thing already looks suspicious. Who the hell breaks into someone’s place and takes only scarves and handkerchiefs?”

“Someone who doesn’t want a person to realize she’s been robbed,” I said quietly.

“Zee, you’re right on target,” Rock said. “Did you write down blue monogrammed scarf?”

I nodded. “Lacey, can you describe the other scarf that’s missing?”

“I can, only because it’s so ugly I’ll never forget it. It was a gift from one of the senior partners, Blaine Foster. It was brown and olive green paisley. Kind of the color of baby puke.”

I quickly made a note, leaving out the baby puke part. Then I sat, numbly, noting everything Lacey discovered was missing. All items that wouldn’t be missed, but enough to know she hadn’t just misplaced them. Especially things she never used, like scarves and hankies. A few pairs of costume earrings.

“Makes sense,” Rock said. “If they took a piece of expensive jewelry, you’d notice it was gone. And you have a ton of earrings, Lace.”

“This is going to take all night,” Lacey said. “I have to go through everything. Zee should go.”

Rock nodded and took the notepad from me. “Thank you for your help. I’m sorry we didn’t just take you to Reid’s, but I didn’t want to delay getting here any longer than we had to. Now we’re here. I’ll tell my driver to take you to Reid’s. Can you get in?”

“I…don’t know.”