I nodded, ashamed of how desperately I wanted to ask Tessa what she’d noticed about Harold’s gift.

Ruiz told us the lab had accepted the cream and the bottle for testing.

An investigator had collected the Christmas wrapping, the jar, the other products in the set, and samples from the surrounding area.

Those results would take time.

She did not say anyone had been arrested.

“Where is Harold?” Brian asked.

“He has been contacted through counsel.

At this stage, I can’t discuss everything we are doing.”