Mac and Stella have been doing their jobs long enough to know that even the innocent looking Asian girl that sat across them in the interrogation room can be a cold-blooded killer. It didn't matter that she seemed to be trembling in fear. Rosie Cheung twisted the handkerchief in her hand as he looked at Mac and Stella.
Behind the one-way mirror stood Danny and Lindsay. Lindsay seemed to be weak-kneed, as she leaned towards Danny.
"Rosie Cheung" Mac started. "Came to New York three weeks ago on a student visa. You know with a kidnapping rap we could snatch that visa from you and send you to a plane back to Singapore".
"Kidnapping? I don't understand" Rosie said.
"Lindsay Monroe is a police officer. Any harm you do to her, you answer to the state." Stella said, obviously agitated.
"Lindsay is my friend, we were just getting coffee when somebody gassed the café" Rosie said.
"She was unconscious at the back seat of your car, care to explain that?" Mac asked.
"I was going to take her to the hospital" Rosie answered.
"And how come you weren't affected by the gas?" Stella asked.
"I covered my nose… What exactly am I being accused here?" Rosie asked.
"You work both at the Holiday Inn and the Little Rock Bar where Gwen DiCarlo and Abby Gelman were taken. And now you're also on the scene where Lindsay Monroe was about to be abducted" Stella said.
"Abducted? What are you talking about? I need to get by so I have two jobs. Is that a crime?" Rosie said.
Mac showed Rosie a picture of the small burner with the three circles and the blue paint. "That burner was used to singe the skin of Gwen DiCarlo, Abby Gelman and Detective Monroe. The paint on the burner matches the paint on your car"
"I park in a public place, it could have gotten there at any time" Rosie answered.
"Looks like you got all the right answers" Mac said.
"I don't know what you're talking about" Rosie starts to cry "Please, you have to believe me".
From behind the one-way mirror, Lindsay shakes her head.
"It's all just coincidence, Danny. She's as much a stranger to New York as I am. Look at her, she's frightened" Lindsay said, as Rosie starts to break down. Mac and Stella turns to leave the room.
"It's all too much of a coincidence" Danny said. "She moved in your building around the time Gwen DiCarlo disappeared. She has to have a connection to Fiona Albright, we just haven't seen it yet"
Danny's cellphone rings. "Messer" he answers. "She's here" Danny looks at Lindsay. "Alright, I'll tell her".
Danny returns his phone in his back pocket. "St. Matthew's Funeral Homes in Brooklyn. A woman turned in a Jane Doe this morning. Matches the description of Abby Gelman."
Danny took a deep breath and looked at Lindsay. "They're asking you to come down and identify the body".