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Arellano’s dedication
This book is respectfully dedicated to the memory of my dear cousin, who I looked up to like an older brother during my childhood: Ricardo Najera (1971 – 2009)
My sincerest thanks to:
April M. Reign: For being crazy enough to work with me. Thank you for the opportunity. It is an honor to work with you!
My children: Yanely, Damian, and Logan for their patience and support.
My wife: To my personal editor and beautiful wife, Norma. Thank you for your help and understanding. You were the cheerleader and stability I needed when I was vampirically challenged.
Dividing Destiny
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Prologue
It was doubtful that, after eight years, this cold case could even be solved. Destiny Parks spread out the contents of the case file on her desk in Century City. The jumble of evidence, reduced to messy stacks of papers, raised more questions than it answered. Leads were dead ends. Pieces of the puzzle didn’t fit. The trail was so stale that she should have boxed up the file and moved it to long-term storage, where it would gather dust, waiting for some hot-shot private investigator to take on the case and get public recognition for solving it. As it turned out, she was that hot-shot private investigator. But she didn’t want public recognition. She wasn’t working the case for money either. With one trembling finger, Destiny touched the cheek of the man in the morgue photo and said softly, “Daddy.”