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that realization terrified her.
    When Sam got to the part where she had blacked out, Captain Redd turned to face her. “Are you all right now, Miss Laurent?”
    “I’m fine. Is there someone you can bring in to take notes while I debrief?”
    It didn’t take long for an assistant to bring them a tape recorder. J knew that once she was finished, everything would be transcribed and copies faxed to the other station houses in the city. J licked her lips and tried to calm herself, when she felt a paper cup being pressed against the fingers of one hand. Flashing Kiel a grateful smile, she took a sip of the cool water.
    Slowly she explained in detail what she had seen. What she had witnessed as a sort of third entity, watching from a distance, unable to do anything to help except to see the horror as it occurred. Only what she had seen hadn’t been everything. She wasn’t able to tell them all they needed know, as though she had been sitting through a movie or listening to an opera. What she saw was very disjointed, as if someone had taken a mirror and shattered it, then performed those atrocities in front of it. She couldn’t see it all, but she had viewed enough in the broken pieces to burn the images in her mind. They were enough to make her feel unclean. Enough to give her nightmares for the next week.
    This was one case where J knew she would be glad when her part was over. That way she could take a deep, cleansing mental breath, and hope it wouldn’t take too long for her to forget the worst of it.
    After she was done, she drained the paper cup and sat back in the chair. All grew quiet. The tape recorder whirred softly.
    Captain Redd moved in his seat, making the leather upholstery squeak. “All right. So at least we have some idea what kind of weapon we’re looking for, which is more than we had in the first place. We also know it was done by one assailant.”
    J waited to hear either Sam or Kiel make a comment about the fact that she had claimed the killer was dead, but they remained silent. Apparently they were willing to keep mum for her sake, to prove that trust ran both ways.
    “What next, Miss Laurent?”
    “I need to see the other crime scene where the first two bodies were killed,” she announced. “I also want to see the victims, or what’s left of them.”
    “Any particular reason why?” the captain inquired.
    J shrugged. “I can’t explain how my gift works. But I’ve discovered that the closer I get, and the longer I’m around things pertaining to a case, the more I seem to glean.” She shrugged again. “Sorry I can’t be more explicit.”
    “Very well. I understand, I think. Reese, you and Stark take Miss Laurent where she needs to go, and keep me posted.”
    “Yes, sir,” Sam replied.
    Before she knew it, they were back outside in the parking lot and heading for the car. Abruptly she stopped, holding out her arms to steady herself. Kiel was instantly there, taking both her hands in his. The contact poured a symphony of sound into her soul, the music resounding and full of promise. There was no way she could stop the tears from filling her eyes. Had her life always been this empty? Oh, dearest heavens, what was this man doing to her?
    “What’s wrong?” a voice beside her demanded.
    She opened her mouth and tried to respond, when Kiel replied, “She needs to rest a bit more. Isn’t that right, Miss Laurent?”
    “It’s after noon. What do you say we have a bite to eat before going any further?” Sam suggested.
    Eat? With all this putrid garbage floating around inside her subconscious? But J knew he was right. She needed to feed her body, then will the food to stay down. Giving a slight nod, she got into the backseat. Disappointment shrouded her when Kiel took the passenger seat in front.
    Digging her nails into her palms, she tried to calm herself. Reason with herself. Once she got home she would take one of those little pills Dr. Milester prescribed for her, and then she would