The next morning...
Logan sat staring at his computer. He was looking for something, anything that would give them a clue as to what had happened to Miranda. It would be quite an understatement to say that Cassi's revelation had surprised them. They had thought that Cassi was haunted by the death of her sister. Instead, they had stumbled onto things they had never imagined.
The hours that had passed since Cassi left had been spent in a frantic search for information. Logan's mind reeled with questions. What had really happened? How was Lydecker involved? Did he kidnap Miranda? If so, why? Did he know about Amaliya's family history? Probably not, or he would have wanted Cassi and Amaliya too. Could it have been just a coincidence? No. Lydecker had mentioned dreams. He knew something.
He was so wrapped up with the questions in his mind that he didn't hear Bling come in. The sound of his voice made Logan jump.
"You are up early."
"No. I am up still."
Bling looked at him. "Max okay?"
"Yeah. She's just fine but Eye's Only had a new project."
"Okay. So what do we do with these pieces of information that just came in?" Bling asked, holding up a handful of manilla envelopes.
"I'll take a look at them but this case is going to take up my time for a while."
Bling nodded. He knew that it must be important for Logan to put other cases on hold. He also knew that Logan would tell him about it when he was ready.
As Bling left the room, Logan flipped through the information that had come from Detective Matt Sung.
...Rogue military captain with a possible underground militia...
...Complaint from college student that she felt like she was being watched...
...Local mayor implicated in drug running operation...
...Execution style murder in market street...
The list went on and on...
Logan sighed. Some things still hadn't changed. Corruption, violence, greed...society was still plagued with them. Fortunately, there was no mention of any people with barcodes. Logan routinely kept an eye on the police records just in case anything came up about one of the X-5's. He owed Max that much.
As he put the papers on his desk, a thought occurred to him. Picking up the phone, he dialed a number. It was a private line.
"Matt, it's Logan. I need you to look into something for me..."
