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stars were aligned and no one was inclined to argue. She was always right and would hammer the topic into the ground just to prove a point. Kevin really wanted to state the obvious in the fact that his stars must have not gotten the memo, but it wasn’t worth the hassle of dealing with her answer.
    “Did you send Kevin’s case files to Fallon?” Crest asked as he stepped to the side to shrug into his suit jacket. It fell over his holster with ease and his weapon disappeared from view as he secured one of the buttons. “She’s in between cases right now, so time is of the essence.”
    “Nice way to sidestep that conversation,” Connor muttered as he brought the mug up to his mouth. The look that Crest shot Connor was just as efficient as if he’d given him the bird. “I’m going, I’m going.”
    Connor backtracked out of the cubicle, leaving only Crest and Jessie in the opening. Kevin felt a little uncomfortable as those two stared at each other longer than what was necessary. This sexual tension that covered the office wasn’t good for morale. Everyone knew that Jessie had a thing for Crest while it was obvious he did anything he could to keep her at a distance. Connor mentioned that it was the age difference, but Kevin wasn’t so sure. Whatever the reason, he felt a kinship to Jessie. They both wanted what they couldn’t have. Kevin was relieved when Connor’s voice could be heard.
    “Jax, tell Emily she’s not allowed to have Junior while Uncle Connor is out of the country.”
    That seemed to cut into whatever the hell was going on in Kevin’s cubicle and he couldn’t be happier. He still wanted time to go over the case, head home for a few hours of sleep, and then hit the streets later tonight. It did cross his mind that since Connor didn’t take the key to the club that paying another visit to Elle might be a good idea, just to make sure she was minding her own business.
    “I did get the files emailed over to her,” Jessie said, bringing the conversation back around. “Kevin, Fallon replied that she would like the photos of today’s crime scene as well.”
    “I’ll scan them to you before I leave the office.”
    “Great.” Jessie’s focus turned to Crest. “Gavin, I need to speak with you before you leave for your appointment.”
    The only being on the face of the planet that Crest allowed to call him by his first name was Jessie. At least as far as Kevin knew. None of them had the honor of meeting Crest’s parents. Hearing his first name always brought a smile to Kevin’s lips, although it was obvious it had a totally different effect on Crest.
    “I’ve got three minutes.”
    “I’ll only need two,” Jessie replied, her tone indicating that she would take his challenge.
    Kevin turned his chair back around, leaving those two to walk back to Crest’s office and have whatever duel they were going to have. The day was going by faster than anticipated and Kevin needed to get his ass in gear. He opened the file, but instead of grabbing the pictures he needed to scan, a sentence in Taggart’s report caught his attention.
    Three weeks. Three months. Six months.
    Kevin started looking around on his desk for a calendar, but couldn’t locate one quick enough for his liking. He resorted to using his computer and pulled up a yearly calendar. Using the mouse to backtrack to the first date in question, he began calculating and came up with their first solid lead.
    Oorah.
    Kevin felt satisfaction roll through his veins as the whiteboard confirmed his suspicions. What was that saying? Measure twice, cut once. Sure enough, the second rape happened exactly three months to the day. The first murder happened three months to the day, according to time of death. The victim this morning was killed sometime last night, placing her homicide exactly six months to the day. Either they were missing a victim three months ago or their killer had a timetable he was observing.
    “Now all we have to do is figure