JULIAN

Blake convinced me to leave the police station at midnight. It wasn't easy. "There's nothing you can do sitting in that room," he said, pulling me up from the chair by my arm. "Cole has her people working. Let them work."

"I'm not leaving," I said.

"You're not helping either," Blake replied. "Come on."

David appeared on my other side. "He's right Julian," David said quietly. "Go home. We can work better from there anyway."

I looked at Cole across the room and she met my eyes. "I'll call the moment anything changes," she said. "I promise you that."

I let Blake and David walk me out, the night...