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Culverhouse had always hoped that Helen would return one day, but he’d always imagined Emily would have been with her. He’d tried to imagine how she might look, but his vision had always reverted to the bubbly, giggling three-year-old she was when he last saw her.
For eight and a half years he’d always had the option to pull rank and use his position to have Helen and Emily traced down, but he’d resisted. He’d always hoped there’d be a better way; a more honest way. Now, though, he realised his options were far more limited and had decided to do just that.
He’d worked with Inspector Antonio García on a cross-border case a few years back and had struck up an immediate rapport with him. García operated in a similar way to Culverhouse, always ensuring that justice was achieved — even if
