Mark Halsey stared at his screen, feeling a mix of triumph and fear. It had been months. Months of hunting, months of poring over paperwork, tracing dead ends, following the weirdest and strangest trails. The sight of a woman turning a man into food — prepackaged, fresh, actual food items — was the first step along the path. That alone would have been enough to give anyone nightmares, and it had driven his partner, Malone, to the hospital, and then out of the force. 
But what ke

“Hey, Mark?”
“What?”
“Look at this.” John Malone turned his screen around so his partner could see it. Mark Ramirez leaned over their shared desk with a frown.
“What am I looking at?”
John scrolled down a slowly. Mark’s lips moved a little as he read. “Wait, a note to a food bank?”
“Yeah.”
Mark stared at it, his eyes narrowing. “That’s...concerning. What are you thinking?”
“I’m thinking w