"Who did it?" Max demanded.
Bling and Asha looked up from Logan's computer at the sound of Max's voice.
"What?" Bling said.
"Who had Logan killed," she repeated slowly.
Asha and Bling exchanged a look before Asha admitted, "We don't know."
"What do you mean 'you don't know' !"
"What she means," Bling interjected quickly before things got out of hand. "Is that we haven't been able to narrow down the suspects yet."
"Well why not start with whatever it was he was working on recently?"
"Yeah like that never occurred to us," Asha said under her breath, then loud enough for Max to hear. "Because he was working on a special assignment for Eyes Only. Only he knows what Logan was working on and only Logan could contact him."
Max and Bling exchange knowing glances. Asha still didn't know Logan was Eyes Only. For whatever reason Logan had not let her into his confidence and it was not the best of times to reveal that now. Max sighed, forcing down her vengeful anger.
"Do we have any leads?"
Bling shook his head sadly. "Not yet. Sebastian and me trying to hack into Logan's diaries to try and get a clue as to what he was working on, but that's gonna take some time."
"Right," Max said purposely. "You keep up with that. I'm going to do a little digging of my own."
"Hang on," Asha called after her. "I'll come with you."
"No thanks. I work better alone."
But Asha wasn't going to be put off that easily. "I know the Eyes Only sources that could point us to what Logan was working on."
"I'm not interested in what he was working on, just who killed him."
"And the best way to find out who killed him is to find out what he was working on."
"I've got my own sources."
"And so do I," Asha said firmly. "Besides someone has to keep you from killing them just because you think they're holding out on you."
Please, Bling thought. Don't get Max anymore upset than she already is.
The two women stood glaring stubbornly at one another, for a moment giving Bling a chance to observe how physically different they were. Max was small, muscular, dark complexion with brown eyes and long black hair. Asha was taller than Max, slender, pale complexion with blue eyes and short blond hair. One was the perfect woman for Logan, while the other was his dream girl. In fact that was the one thing the two of them would admit to having in common: they were both devoted to Logan Cale. If anyone were to say they were at all alike there'd be more denials than at a Congressional hearing.
"Fine," Max said eventually. "As long as you don't slow me down."
"Not a problem," Asha said as she brushed passed Max to pick up her jacket. "We'll take my car."
"You have a car."
SEATTLE CORONER'S OFFICE"Are you sure?" Detective Sung asked.
Dr. Shankar shrugged. "I can't be sure without running more tests, but…it's starting to look like it."
The two of them were standing on either side of a slab with the charred remains of Logan Cale. Mat looked down at the badly burned body then back to Dr. Shankar. "How much time do you need?"
"A day," she replied. "Maybe two if I want to keep people from finding out what I'm doing."
"I'll run as much interference as I can. Then get your results to me as quick as you can."
To Be Continued…