As Alexa walks out of the hospital, she sees a man in a trench coat with a detective badge hanging from his pocket. He's a tall man with short grey hair, and his face is stern and serious. Alexa approaches him cautiously, wondering what he could want with her.

"Excuse me," she says, "can I help you with something?"

The detective looks her up and down before speaking. "Are you Alexa? Saw you somewhere before. Do you know me?"

The detective was a towering figure, with broad shoulders and a chiseled jawline. His piercing blue eyes seemed to see through the surface of things, as if he had the ability...