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ago It had to do with a journal she found and our fae, that she’d hire a private investigator for that kind of work, but it’s corandfather’s She’s since passed on, but I wanted to finish this for her since she never got the chance I was hoping your dad may have had soht be of help on where to look for farand of i at the clasped hands in her lap “But I didn’t get the details, and now” She cut herself off, letting her words linger in the air She tried to force tears to her eyes, but she had so little practice displaying her e to milk a bull

Leanne nodded “I understand why you’d want to do that Our family was so It was the two of us, and he focused so much on work” Leanne sed, her voice thick with tears

Abby waited, hoping for an offer, but Leanne remained silent

“Do you think there’s anything that can help us?” Kaden asked

“Oh,” Blinking, she snapped frohts had taken her and stood “Do you kno my father died?”

Abby offered a tentative nod

“After the detectives closed his case, they gavethey needed for his report and case file, of course They’re messy, but his files are all there You’re free to have a look,” she said

Excitement spiked her veins “That would be fantastic Thank you”

She turned to Kaden, trying to get his approval but found he was engaged in a staring contest with a Persian

“Right, Kaden?” she asked, elbowing him in the ribs

“Oh, right,” he muttered as he jerked his head away from the cat, which hissed at him

Stifling her s room into the hallway

Leanne shuffled over the worn hardwood floor “You et rid of his stuff in here He loved his job so much”

The narrow hallway opened up to an expansive rooe oak desk, flanked by bookshelves, filled with periodicals and hardbacks, and dotted with the occasional picture frame Dozens of boxes crowded the floor by the desk, stuffed full of papers, dust coating the surface like a layer of fine fur