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        SinceJulian''scasehadbeenclosed,theamusementparkshouldhavebeenclearedtoreopen.Yetwhenthepolicetriedcallingthemanager,therewasnoanswer.

        Thatwasunusual.

        Themanagerhadalwaysbeencooperativethroughouttheinvestigation.Sure,hegrumbledalotandcomplainedunderhisbreath,buthealwaysansweredcallsandshowedupwhenasked.ThissuddensilenceseteveryalarminLucian''sgutblaring.

        Hewasabouttodispatchsomeonetocheckonthemanagerinpersonwhenthephoneonhisdeskrang.

        Themanager''shousewasonfire.

        Normally,aresidentialblazewouldfalloutsideahomicidedetective''sjurisdiction—unlessabodywasdiscovered.Butthisfire,breakingoutimmediatelyafterafreshlyclosedcase,sosuddenandsoconvenientlytimed,reekedofstagedfinality.

        Lucianhad,atonepoint,suspectedthemanager.

        Thevictim,Julian,hadworkedunderhim,andReyahadgonemissingaroundthesametime.Lucianhadevenconsideredplacingthemanagerundersurveillance,butwithnosolidevidence,andgutinstinctalonetogoon,hisrequestwasdenied.Oncethecasewasofficiallyclosed,everyone''sattentionshiftedelsewhere.

        ExceptJun.

        Bysheerluck—orfate''scruelsenseoftiming—therookiehadbeengrabbinglunchnearbywhensmokeclawedatthesky.HiscallbroughtLucianandhisteamscreechingontothecurbjustasfiretrucksunspooledtheirhoses.

        Lucianparkedatadistanceandhadbarelytakenthreestepswhenhefrozeinplace.

        Itwasn''ttheroaringflamesortheblindingwhitestreamsfromthefirehosesthatstoppedhimdead—itwasthegirltrailingbehindJun.

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