Light, prolonged

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Alexander sighed deeply. He had thought he found another way to solve the case by finding Marcello, but what lay before him was a narrow path leading to a seemingly dead end.

But that said, Sarah was a very particular type of predator. By this time, she was no amateur, even at such a young age. She was obviously skilled, and had the added benefit of being able to hide in plain sight: pretending to play a role that, simultaneously, was nothing like her, but also stunned those who knew her regarding how easily she could shift that aspect of her identity.

But still, she would never have been able to do it all alone. There was almost certainly an accomplice, but they had yet to uncover him or her.

But just guessing was all they could do. There was no more progress. They had other cases too. In one instance, an unknown person grabbed random women's breasts from the back and ran away at night. In another case, a man didn't pay a woman after sex despite having arranged it, and deceived her into thinking he would withdraw money near the hotel they were at and would come back there, but never did.

Despite prostitution being illegal, she'd tried to report the guy, and ended up getting herself in trouble. Cynthia and Alexander spent their days up to their necks in busy-work, almost giving up on Sarah's case.