Page 18 (2/2)

"I should have known That’s all"

"Logan’s past is his concern He chose to tell you about it"

"Yes, but…what happened to hi like, oh, his house was robbed His as murdered"

"Yes"

"And you knew it"

"Ito join this team," Jackson told her

Frustrated, she scowled at hiet to know each other on your own terms, not that I outline your lives"

"But--"

"A team only works when every member learns to trust every other ain, still irritated, but the door opened and Logan Raintree ca"

They both responded Kelsey felt guilty; she wondered if he could tell she’d been talking about hiet back on the streets We have to find Vanessa Johnston I read and reread the files last night We can’t compare lives and histories on all the victims, since we don’t knoho so for a common thread between the to, attractive, fascinated with the Ala fro them a crooked, almost sheepish smile, "I believe I’ve found a connection between one of the that’s been staring us in the face"

"The Galveston diamond?" Kelsey asked

He nodded "Sierra Monte was presuht to Galveston by pirates It was apparently stolen, then disappeared froaend that says Rose took it with her is based on conjecture but the diamond’s never been found in Galveston People with h I can i for it at the inn, but Chelsea Martin never got there She made it to the Alamo--her last known location But in her spare tian paused "I went to her Facebook page," he said "She truly loved stones and wanted to ith jewelry But I’ to bet she knew about the Galveston diairl, too"

"Did you find out anything si I read reinforced e’ve already learned--she loved history, especially state history revolving around the Alamo, the massacre at Goliad and the road to independence for Texas She ley and the Galveston diaend, the story’s been around in Texas as long as I can re they were runaways or prostitutes because we haven’t been able to -persons cases," Kelsey said "How could they be involved with the Galveston diamond? Do you really think it’s possible that they all died because of a dia for a century and a half?"

"I think it’s the only connection I’ve found between any of the victie of Jackson’s desk and picked up one of the sheets he’d been studying, a synopsis of the horn isn’t far from the Alamo," she pointed out "And if you’ve studied the Alahorn Most of us learned about Davy Crockett, Lieutenant Colonel Travis and Daniel Boone as school kids, no ley isn’t as well-known All the local kids would’ve heard it, of course, and so would anyone with a fixation on the period But the Longhorn’s been torn apart over the decades If there was anything hidden there, it would’ve been found by now And where else would you look? But if the wohorn… Anyway, just because soems and knew Texas history, ould you an said quietly "More about all the wo to try to do that" Jackson was thoughtful "And yes, we have to find Vanessa Johnston Every officer in every agency in the city is searching for her I’d like to take an hour and go back to the ue--with Kat as the ME?" Logan asked "We’re bringing Kat in?"

"Yes, and I’ in our fourth and fifth teaue"

"She does facial reconstructions," Logan inforood She can ith all kinds of es, too"

"Jane’s done assignical societies," Jackson added, "and also for the Rangers and the police"

"Why wasn’t she brought in before?" Kelsey asked

"Everything costs," Logan re a computer whiz," Jackson said "Film and sound effects, cos"

"Do I know hian asked

"You both do," Jackson said

Kelsey was startled "Oh?"

"Sean Cameron"

Kelsey almost fell off the desk "Sean Cameron? My cousin, Sean Ca of the kind Sean…Sean is great But he…works onnow, about the Alaan said "Crime-scene recreations"

"But Sean isn’t a cop" Kelsey frowned, looking at Jackson

"No," Logan agreed "Neither is Jane"