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Elina: How do I prove to you that I didn't kill that man?

-Tell me where he is.

Elina: I prefer not to know.

***

Kelley: Guys.

Bailey: What's going on?

Kelley: Damien Faulkner's body has turned up in a dumpster near the Cincinnati police station.

Bradley: Kelley. There's something we need to tell you.

Kelley: What happened?

Yoni: Let me tell you this..." The boy paused. I killed Damien.

***

Rose: You see, Elina. You don't have to be afraid for him anymore.

Elina: It's very easy to say that when he hasn't been chasing you for months.

Rose: He showed up where we were and Yoni ran after him to try to stop him... And he shot him.

Elina: What are you telling me?

***

Bailey: I found Damien threatening Elina where he had her gagged.

-And then?

Bailey: She was taken into custody.

-One of the girls who worked for him claims that you shot Mr. Faulkner, causing his instant death.

Bailey: Wrong! That's a lie.

***

The agents arrived in the room where Kelley had his computers.

Kelley: Okay. What do you need?

Elina: Can you track their work?

Kelley: Sure! Between 1992 and 1998 he worked as a pipe fitter. Then he changed jobs and went into the CIA, where he stayed until 2016, which he was fired for poor anger management.

Bailey: So he wasn't working for the CIA when he was pursuing Elina.

Elina: He lied to me. He told me he was defending Joe Biden.

Kelley: I don't think so. Back then, Obama was still in office.

Elina: Can you look up who kicked him out?

Kelley: It's Randall Ross, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense.

***

Bailey's phone vibrated.

Bailey: It's an e-mail. From the court. They already have the ruling.

Bailey turned on the computer, logged into her account and opened the email application

Kelley: What does it say?

Bailey: Just a minute.

The agent clicked on the email that had the subject line Sentencing Resolution.

Everyone was expectant to see the outcome. Bailey began to read mentally. When she finished she looked away from the screen.

Bradley: What's going on?

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