Chapter 7 : Suspects.
Lilly immediately began working on the case, trying to establish a connection between the old deaths and the new ones. The victims, as she tried to call them, had nothing in common, there were boys and girls, black and white, from poor and rich families, they weren't even delivered by the same doctor.
After hours of researches, she found something that could explain the 15 years gap between the two waves of deaths, a cleaner convicted for the murder of his brother-in-law. He had had his job given back when he had gotten out of jail because the hospital had thought it would help him to build a new life. Lilly then called Vera and Jeffries because she didn't want to confront a suspect, the man who had maybe killed her daughter.
The two detectives came back to the headquarters nearly three hours later with no more than they already had.
-Lilly! Jeffries called, trying to make contact with the young woman who was still reading files, as usual.
-Found something interesting? She asked him
-I don't think he did it; he may have killed his brother-in-law, but not children. I'm not saying we should forget this lead, but perhaps try to find something else.
Scotty interrupted this little meeting to tell them he had discovered that the hospital had video cameras to keep an eye on the nursery.
They had been watching the tapes for hours when suddenly, Lilly gasped as she saw a younger self approaching the nursery. Her colleagues didn't say a word, but they had noticed her strange reaction when the blonde woman had appeared on the screen.
It was getting late when they finally saw something interesting: a doctor approaching Roseanne at her supposed time of death. They compared that with the other children and there weren't any doubts that this man had something to do with the killings.
After a checking what was this doctor's specialty, it appeared he was a surgeon, so he shouldn't have been in this ward of the hospital, except if he had a child there and that wasn't the case, he became thus suspect n°1.
The detectives went home because it was really late, having decided to interrogate the man the following day, anyway, he wouldn't disappear during the night since he didn't know they suspected him.
When Stillman saw Lilly leaving, he went after her because he had to talk to her.
-I know that you really want this guy to be punished for what he did, but if you do something unprofessional, I'll be forced to take disciplinary measures because this guy is a very respected and renowned doctor. You understand?
-Yes, but I want your word that you'll catch him whatever happens, even if you receive a call that you don't want to receive, if you see what I mean.
-I think I can do that for you because you, the detectives, are a bit like my children.
I think there'll be one more chapter and an epilogue. I already have ideas for other fics (I think the next one will be a one-shot). I really want to thank those who have read and those who reviewed. I know they found really quick who the "bad guy" was, but I'll write a lot more about his reasons.