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“But of course, it didn’t work, and the moment she set foot in Kelsey’s office, she could tell that she looked every bit as horrible as she felt.
“Bracewell with you?” Kelsey asked, hanging up the phone at her desk.
“I didn’t know he was coming.” Maddie followed her into the autopsy room, where Brian and Sam stood waiting by the row of stainless-steel sinks.
“He said he wanted to observe.” Kelsey handed her a jar of orange oil, and Maddie rubbed some under her nose, but still, the odor of burned flesh and gasoline was impossible to ignore.
Maddie eyed the lump on the stainless-steel table. The blue sheet did little to obscure the stark reality of what lay underneath. A wave of nausea hit her. She had to force her feet to move. Normally, she wasn’t squeamish, but nothing about this morning had been normal. This case was personal. She felt connected to Jolene Murphy, probably because she’d unwittingly witnessed the incident that set this chain of events in motion. She stared at the sheet..., and her thoughts inevitably went to the girl’s parents.MoreLess
“Bracewell with you?” Kelsey asked, hanging up the phone at her desk.
“I didn’t know he was coming.” Maddie followed her into the autopsy room, where Brian and Sam stood waiting by the row of stainless-steel sinks.
“He said he wanted to observe.” Kelsey handed her a jar of orange oil, and Maddie rubbed some under her nose, but still, the odor of burned flesh and gasoline was impossible to ignore.
Maddie eyed the lump on the stainless-steel table. The blue sheet did little to obscure the stark reality of what lay underneath. A wave of nausea hit her. She had to force her feet to move. Normally, she wasn’t squeamish, but nothing about this morning had been normal. This case was personal. She felt connected to Jolene Murphy, probably because she’d unwittingly witnessed the incident that set this chain of events in motion. She stared at the sheet..., and her thoughts inevitably went to the girl’s parents.MoreLess
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