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He offered her his clipboard Kat caurney, toward the counter where there was a sink and a huge overhead light

Madison heard her speaking with Chang as he ushered her closer to the body Bogie stood on the other side

She tried not to breathe through her nose She tried not to hear the trickle of water and suised by any manner of freshener or filter

Jenny, Madison said silently She still found it difficult, but she touched the ar could feel so absolutely stiff and cold

Jenny’s eyes opened They beca beside her

Huart! Jenny said in silent awe

In the--well, not in the flesh, kid Bogie shook his head This is no place for a girl like you, Miss Henderson There’s got to be soo

I don’t kno, Jenny said

Coie urged

Madison wanted to screah!

I can’t I don’t…I don’t… I’ht for a htly You can You can Bogie did it, and if he did it, you can, too Jenny, don’t you want to help us catch your killer?

Jenny nodded soleie to Madison to Sean

You’re a cop, right? she asked hiuely You know I alanted to be in the ie told her And you’ll beco said, drawing Kat back to the autopsy table, "she was killed with one sure cut The intention was to kill I told Agent Cameron earlier that the strike itself was planned Unopposed, the killer ed what he intended with ease"

Kat nodded "Despite the fragile position of the artery, it’s really not easy to aim so surely and deliver such a deadly strike There are no hesitation wounds, and poor Jenny doesn’t have a defensive wound on her"

"The whole thing would have taken asaid

"Way less than twoat hirabbed her and ht seconds," she said

Sean released her "And the killer didn’t really need the extra ti there, and he knew it I believe he had to be somewhere in the studio or down in the tunnel Or even in the Black Box Cine the ME’s hand again

Are you coie silently asked Jenny

I’m naked and chopped to pieces, Jenny said

No, just rise, and think about yourself in a favorite outfit The flesh is nothing now, and the soul, thesaid, indicating the assistant who had led them in

As he did, Madison walked between Kat and Sean She knew that Bogie was behind her

She felt a little prickle at her nape

And she knew that Jenny had risen to join the to come with them, and relive her own an Raintree was still setting up the conated roo with Knox When Sean called hi was nearly finished, and that he and the others would still join theet to the studio as quickly as possible He was convinced that if they could figure out how sootten in--how the robe had been stolen--they could get on with the rest of the puzzle

And if they failed, at the very least they’d create reasonable doubt that Alistair was the killer

But they couldn’t fail Because even with reasonable doubt, the press had branded him a killer, and he’d never live a normal life

As much as Sean needed Madison, he was afraid that after the previous night, it was no longer wise to involve her Except that she was already involved and therefore targeted

The other problem was that he was afraid to leave her anywhere on her own

But nothing had really happened, he told hiht well have been e

But in his heart, he didn’t believe that Bogie rong about the danger to Madison The killer was devious, with a definite agenda, and wasn’t going to let anyone stand in his or her way Madison wasn’t in law enforceun

As they drove away froue, he decided he had to try to protect her "Madison, I know this won’t be easy for you, but I’ around in the teaet the word out that you have nothing to do with the investigation anylanced at her in the rearview ie and Jenny Henderson

"Don’t be ridiculous," she said

"I’m concerned about your safety"