Detective Daddy

“Could be.”

“What?” Rachel blinked. She’d drifted off into thought. She pressed her fingers against the skin near the cut.

Neil was still talking. “I’ll need a list of your current cases. Is there one that stands out? That might be particularly controversial?”

Rachel bit her lip. Of course there was. The Christmas Eve Murders. Could the man who had assaulted her have been looking for information about Rick Campbell’s DNA? She glanced over at Ash, who was talking to one of the EMTs. She wasn’t supposed to know whose DNA it was. And neither was Ash. She tried to corral her thoughts so she could answer Neil.

“I work a lot with cold cases, where DNA is analyzed or reanalyzed. Those files are usually sanitized.” That was true, as far as it went. She hoped Neil would take the cue and request those official files rather than asking her anything else about them. She knew Neil would find the Christmas Eve Murders in with the rest of her recent cases, but she didn’t want to call attention to it. Let him be the one to bring it up.

“Okay.” Neil pocketed his notebook and stood. “I’m sure I’ll have more questions later, but that’s it for now.” He smiled and shook her hand. “Have you got someplace to go? Need a ride anywhere?”

She shook her head as Ash came over to join them.

“Anything?” he asked Neil.

“Not much. Rachel can’t identify anything that’s missing. I think we’re going to have to assume the break-in was connected with one of her cases until we can prove otherwise.”

“One of her cases? Which one?” Ash glanced at her sidelong.

Neil shook his head. “I’m going to have to get a list of all her recent files—see what turns up.”

Rachel saw Ash’s shoulders visibly relax. He’d been worried she’d tell Neil about Campbell.

“How’s your head?” Ash asked her.

Before she could answer, Neil spoke again.

“There is one more thing,” he said.

Rachel looked at him.

“How did you happen to find her?” This was directed at Ash.

Rachel realized she hadn’t even thought about why Ash had come to her rescue. She’d just been thankful that he was there.

Ash frowned at Neil, then shrugged. “I had something I needed to talk to her about. I got here a little after six, because I figured she’d be home from work by then.”

“You missed her at work?”

Ash’s lips thinned. “This wasn’t work-related,” he said shortly.

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