“What the prosecutor’s office needs, and is still working to establish through the chemical analysis, is what was administered and on whose order.

We cannot arrest a man because his motives are ugly.

We need proof that will hold.”

“Then secure it properly,” Raymond said, and there was no bloodlust in his voice, only a hard, tired resolve.

“Do this by the book, every step of it.

I do not want a dramatic scene, and I do not want a case that falls apart the moment a good lawyer looks at it.

I want full justice, done correctly, so that it holds.