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Chapter Five

After a few restless hours, I dragged myself out of bed and into the kitchen The sun still hid well beyond the horizon, and would for hours yet But I couldn’t sleep Not with A for ed in A few passwords later I’d signed into the Illinois State Police Criminal Records Database It wouldn’t offer a complete search, but the national database was only accessible from behind the firewalls at the station

I ran the first search on Marisol Whitfield, twinging a bit at running a search on a fellow cop No records appeared, and a bit of tension released fro so I was sure of it

A search under Whitfield netted over a dozen nah theed at my memory The woman, Elaine Whitfield, lived on the south side of the city Her criminal record had been sealed She’d been tried as a rade

Not only could I not accessabout Elaine Whitfield, I also couldn’t access Marisol’s address But memory pulled at me, and I was fairly certain she lived in the same area as Elaine Whitfield Moreover, Marisol hada sister a tiht the sister’s naer than e to be Marisol’s sister

"Is that what you’re hiding?" I muttered to myself

Since the police database didn’t offer specifics, I turned to Google The Whitfield name turned up little, and none of it see for

"Da ht not be able to access sealed files, but I knew someone who could

While I waited for Aidan to pick up the line, I fingered the plain white card He answered on the second ring "Byrne," he said, voice rough with sleep

I glanced at the clock before I said anything and mentally winced at the time "Hey, I need a favor" My voice came out steadier than I expected

"Kiera?" He sounded confused "Are you all right?"

"I’m fine" Liar "I need you to pull a sealed court record forseconds before he replied, and I tapped ainst the closed laptop Finally he said, "Do I want to knohat this is about?"

"Just following a hunch Will you run her name or not?"

"What’s the name?"

"Elaine Whitfield" I rattled off the address and he said he’d be in touch

I turned back to the database and plugged in the next name I needed more info on Aidan Byrne A few seconds later, the co if he was a cop The sae athlete, as well as a few social website pages Nothing relating to a cop or a criminal I leaned back in the chair and crossed ly hot as he was, and helpful as he see

It felt like everyone was hiding soht ift and curse

My phone rang and I grabbed it and flipped it open "Find anything?"

"First of all, you’re welcoy To -sex groggy Dammit "And you won’t believe what I found"

Marisol Whitfield and her sister, Elaine, lived in a small row-style ho a block away and stalked up to the house The sun peeked over the horizon, and while it was still well shy of what most would consider a decent hour, I didn’t care