Chapter 94

Jolene knocked precisely at 8:30. She may have been waiting outside for an hour for all I knew. She seemed as excited as I was. I hugged her tightly as soon as she walked through the door, nearly causing her to drop the folder in her hand.

"I can't believe this might all be over," I said.

"Me either. He was a slippery little fuck."

"How did you catch him?" I asked.

"Like I said yesterday, I took a couple weeks’ vacation and I started following you..."

I hugged her again. "Oh, Jolene. It's amazing you did this for me; using your vacation to look out for me. I'll never be able to thank you enough. It was so incredibly generous."

"Remember," she said, "I know what it's like to go through what you are. I couldn't tolerate we couldn't nail him down for you."

"I'm sorry I keep interrupting. What happened?"

"I was following