Jorick and Katelina headed down the hall to find Kale. As they moved away, Katelina whispered, "There is no 'they' who have your fingerprints. They're just in a database."
"Yes, a police database. I'm sorry, but I don't want to be arrested - again." The look he shot her implied it might have been her fault that it happened the first time. It had been her idea to visit her mother, but she wasn't the one who'd called the cops. That had been Verchiel. Maybe that had something to do with why Jorick hated him.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think they'd arrest you without evidence."
"If I recall, they thought they had evidence. A dead body, a kidnapped woman."
"But you didn't kill Patrick, and I wasn't kidnapped."
"I know that, and you know that, but they didn't." He softened. "It doesn't matter. Wh
