ThatunbornchildLinisancarriedcouldverywellbethedeadman''s.Andifshehadbeentrappedinhisprivatehell,hererraticbehavior—thetremblinghands,thefragmentedwarningsaboutReya—suddenlymadegrotesquesense.

        Apaternitytestwouldlikelybeneededsoon.

        "FindLinisan.Now,"Lucianbarkedintohisphone.

        ThenheturnedtoDamon,"Cross-referenceallphotoswithemployeerecords."

        Theresultswereswiftandgrimly:

        Over80percentoftheidentifiablewomenhadworkedattheamusementpark.Somestilldid.Othershadquitabruptly—alwaysafterlateshiftsnearthemanager''soffice.

        Thiswasn''tjustacacheofexploitation.

        Itwasaledger.

        ***

        MoxihandedtheautopsyreporttoLucian,shakingherheadslightly.

        "Confirmed—thedeceasedwasindeedthemanager.Butthebodywassobadlyburned,wecouldn''tdetermineanysignsofsexualactivitypriortodeathasyoususpected."

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