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“None that I’ve seen yet Then again, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, especially if they were discreet My ton slept with a quarter of the female hospital staff and hit on the rest” Ryan saw Casey’s expression andBut when people call hi I can’t wait to read his ees”
“Till then, let’s get started co our lists” Casey looked up “Yoda, I need a whiteboard, with half a dozen headings and lots of space underneath each of them”
“Done, Casey” The virtual whiteboard appeared on the long wall behind Casey
It suddenly occurred to her that Patrick had been unusually quiet during this
“Patrick?” A questioning look “Anything to share before we start our analysis?”
Patrick was tapping his pen on the table “I’ on a different lead Hero and I took a walk around Madeline’s apartht the scent pads you made from Madeline’s scarf”
He was referring to the special gauze pads Casey used, along hat Ryan called “her canine vacuus of their clients Sniffing out people or items those people had been in contact as Hero’s specialty
“Hero went straight to the obvious places,” Patrick continued “The ay to Madeline’s building The front door But he also ca near a lo in back of the building I let hi He unearthed a file folder, an empty one, unfortunately But it was labeled Conrad, Personal
“Really” Claire leaned forward “I’d like to hold that folder, if it’s okay with you I ”
“After I dust it for prints,” Patrick replied “I used gloves to retrieve it, and I put it in a Ziploc” A corner of his uess I’ll always be a dinosaur FBI agent”
“You’re no dinosaur,” Marc assured hih That’s an asset” A pensive pause “What did the intruder hope to find in that file folder?”
“And did he get what he was looking for?” Ryan asked “The file folder was empty So the perp obviously took the contents Did those contents contain so rid of Madeline necessary? Did he think she’d rea
d so that made her a threat?”
“Or were the contents a waste of ti more Madeline has or knows?” Marc frowned “Why do I feel as if we’re going around in circles?”
“Maybe because we are” Casey tapped her pen in irritation “Let’s make our whiteboard lists—suspects’ names, jobs and possible motives We’ll move on from there”