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        Withhertearfulconfession,thecasetechnicallyclosed.Withalltheselingeringdoubts,Luciansubmittedthereport.

        Linisanwaschargedwithdesecrationofacorpseanddestructionofevidence.However,consideringshehadbeenrepeatedlysexuallyassaultedandpsychologicallymanipulatedbythedeceased,andthecaseinvolvedself-defensewithaconfession,thecourtwaslikelytoshowleniency.Hersentencewouldbenomorethanthreeyears,anditwouldbeginonlyaftershegavebirth.

        Withinaweek,twocaseswereclosedjustlikethat.

        Onpaper,justicehadbeenserved.

        ButLuciancouldstillfeelit—theitchbetweenhisshoulderblades,thewhisperinthebackofhismind:Thisisn''tover.

        Itwasn''tthathelikedtoovercomplicatethings,orthathewashopingforahigh-profileserialkillercasetoboosthiscareer.Aftersomanyyearsasadetective,Luciansimplytrustedhisinstincts—andtheywerescreamingthatsomethingwasn''tright.

        Butpoliceworkdemandedevidence.Withoutanythingsolidtochallengetheofficialconclusions,allhecoulddowasacceptthem.

        Junhadhisdoubts,too.

        Thecaseswerestrangeenoughontheirown:privilegedyoungmensexuallyassaultingunderagegirls,amanagerpreyingonfemaleemployeesanddocumentingitinphotographs—sosimilar,surfacingsoclosetogetherintime.

        ComparedtoLucian,Jun''ssuspicionswentastepfurther.Hehadavaguefeelingtherewasaninvisiblethreadtyingalltheserecentincidentstogether.

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