Page 65 of Only You

“No. She set the box on the counter. We were busy. Then we came back downstairs to eat.”

“She had food in her fridge?”

Declan found his first little smile since Eileen called her partner.

“Eggs and cheese.”

“But you never saw the pics.”

“She wouldn’t let me see them.”

Eddie nodded. “Yeah, that makes sense.”

“Would you let your wife see them?”

“Yeah, but she’s a prosecutor. She’s seen a lot of gore. If it had been someone she knew, probably not. Or I would try. But, as I said, she’s not exactly a civilian.”

“She prosecutes murderers?”

“Sometimes, but she mainly handles sex crimes.”

“Damn.”

“And she’s not happy about this. She wants to call out the entire apparatus from Baltimore PD up through the federal law enforcement, but we want to keep it on the down low.”

“Why?”

“Because the bastard wants the attention. Eileen’s not going to give it to him. She agrees with me, by the way. It’s bad enough the press has given him a name.”

“What the hell? Why didn’t you tell me?” Eileen said from the doorway.

“Sorry. I was so irritated with the situation I forgot.”

“What are they calling him?” Declan asked.

“The Fleet Street Slasher. People are already making the link.”

The partners shared a look. Something cold and heavy settled in Declan’s stomach.

“What link?”

“There was a murder in 1987.”

He frowned. “They’re linked?”

“Eddie, he doesn’t need to know about this.”

“He does if he’s going to hang with you, and since he was with you during the two recent murders, we know that he has a perfect alibi.”

“Fine. A young woman named Norma Wilson was murdered just off Fleet Street. Stabbed. An ornate handle on the knife. No killer was ever found.”

“Eileen has been looking into it for years.”

There was a knock at the door, and Eddie turned to answer it.

“Sure, just go right ahead and answer my door.”

He flipped her off as he opened the door. There were noises of more cops. Eddie was giving them information on where to search, and Eileen frowned. There was something about her reaction that bothered him.

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