Seeking Justice (A Sam Mason K-9 Dog Mystery Book 7) by L. A. Dobbs

Author:L. A. Dobbs [Dobbs, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-14T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Kevin stood amid the meticulous array of the regional evidence room, a space shared by the White Rock Police and neighboring districts, including the small, often-overlooked Berlin precinct. It was a quiet room, surrounded by the silent testimony of a hundred cases. He was cataloging a set of gold chains, the camera in his hand clicking with each snapshot he took for the database.

His brows drew together, concentration etched deep into his features as he worked. The chains glinted under the fluorescent lights, each number he entered a promise of order, a bulwark against the chaos that memory issues tried to bring into his life.

Kevin worked methodically, a process that had become a grounding routine in the wake of his memory loss. His gloved hands moved with practiced ease, cataloging a series of items from an old narcotics case, each tagged and bagged, their relevance in court now expired.

He picked up a notepad from the pile, an afterthought among the more high-tech evidence. It was filled with scribbles of what looked like a programmer’s shorthand—strings of characters, symbols, and numbers, a cryptographer’s sketchbook. As he flipped through the pages, Kevin felt a pull in his mind, the sensation of a curtain fluttering in a long-abandoned room. A memory bubbled up. The thumb drive.

Without really knowing why, he pulled out his phone and began snapping pictures of each page, ensuring the focus was sharp, the detail clear. He paused over a particular string of alphanumeric characters that sparked a deep-seated recognition, a sequence that whispered to him of something important and personal.

With the notepad photographed, he emailed the pictures to his private account, a pang of urgency in his chest. He didn’t have the thumb drive here—it was at home, tucked away in a drawer, its contents just out of mental reach—but he had a hunch. A hunch that the key to its secrets was contained within the scribbles of this notepad.

The door clicked open and Officer Daniels from Berlin stepped in, a friendly grin on his face that seemed so at odds with the solemnity of the room.

“Hey, Kevin. Need to pick up the B and E evidence from last week. Roberts needs it for a lineup.”

“Should be in the back,” Kevin replied, his voice steady, his gaze never leaving the screen. “I’ll grab it for you in a sec.”

Once the last serial number was entered and double-checked, Kevin pushed back his chair and stood, his back releasing a slight twinge of discomfort. He walked toward the back, his eyes scanning the meticulously organized shelves, but a seed of doubt crept into his mind.

He paused, his hand hovering over the shelf where the evidence was supposed to be. The quiet confidence that had carried him into the room began to crumble as his mind grasped at the memory of where he had placed it.

“Everything okay?” Officer Daniels called out, leaning casually against the door frame.

“Yeah, just give me a moment,” Kevin replied, the words almost catching in his throat.

He

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