Chapter LVIII
Author: Mutuma J Karuntimi
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

To any other person but them, that was just a normal occurrence. To them, that meant that there was something that someone very senior did not want known about the two agents. It also meant that, whatever they were hiding had to be not good at all, to whoever was hiding it. That became the clue that they all decided to chase for answers.

The following morning at the precinct, Claire was ready to profile the killer in question. Everybody in the team was present and ready to hear what the smart agent had to say except Ruddick. Immediately after they were settled, she begun the profile.

She looked and pointed at the big screen on the wall, “As you can all see, we have gathered enough information to trace our murderer. By profiling the killer, I hope to find him with your help. That was the very reason I chose you all for my task force. What I might leave out, I know you shall fill in as we go on.”

She turned her head and eyes away from the screen to loo

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