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Chapter 74

INT. - 9th PRECINCT - MORNING

Ray stepped off the elevator on the fourth floor and was almost bowled over by an excited Gerri as she stormed past and grabbed her, dragging her toward the stairs.

"Where are we going?" Ray hadn't heard a word from the detective since handing over the key the afternoon before. Her night shift over, it was merely her intent to invite her friend to breakfast. Gerri seemed to have other ideas. Ray pulled free when the detective hit the door to the stairwell.

"I think I know who killed the Sonnickers," Gerri said. "But I need the key you found to prove it." She paused a moment. "Coming?"

Ray trotted down the steps behind her friend to the bottom floor, wondering why she'd come all the way upstairs in the first place. "Who?"