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stare at me,” he snapped, losing his temper.
    Anger flashed in her beautiful eyes before the assistant medical examiner finally answered him. “My name is Emerald Stone...not Miss.” She stopped and made a face. “I’m sorry Officer Cutter,” she said. “It has been a very long night, but I’ll be able to answer your questions since Dr. David has already left. I’ll also show Rex’s parents his body. Please bring them in.”
    “Thank you,” Chance said. He spun around and went to get Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton.
    Halfway there, he stopped to look back at Emerald over his shoulder. She was working on getting the body ready for Rex’s parents.
    Chance still couldn’t shake the feeling that he had seen her somewhere before, but he just couldn’t put his finger on it. There was just something about the way she moved and the sound of her voice that seemed very familiar to him.
    Shaking his head, Chance continued on to the door because he wasn’t worried about remembering who she was. One thing was for sure, he never forgot a face and Chance was positive that he would realize how his path had crossed with Emerald’s before.
    All he needed was more time and it would come to him. Chance walked out the door letting it close behind him with a soft click.
     
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    The second Emerald heard the door close behind Officer Cutter she wiped her sweaty palms down the bottom of her white lab coat. Thank God. Chance didn’t remember who she was. She could tell from the perplexed look on his handsome face that she looked familiar to him, but he couldn’t place where from. Which was a very good thing because she wasn’t about to tickle his memory with any hints.
    Some things were best left in the past and her short connection to Officer Chance Cutter was one of them.
    “Ms. Stone, we’re ready.”
    Damn it! Emerald thought. How had she allowed Chance to sneak up on her for a second time without hearing him come through the door? Hopefully, this would be the first and last time they would have to deal with each other.
    Turning away from the body, Emerald faced Rex’s parents and was very surprised by how young both of them looked. They had to be in their mid to late forties.
    “Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, I’m so sorry about your loss,” Emerald said expressing her sympathy as she slowly walked up to Rex’s grieving parents. From the corner of her eye, she noticed Chance still watching her. However, she couldn’t give him her attention because this moment wasn’t about him. He might still be trying to figure out who she was but now wasn’t the place for her to be thinking about it. Her main agenda was to get this family through the pain of finding out their son was no longer with them.
    “You’re wrong,” Mrs. Hamilton shouted at her. “My baby boy isn’t dead. He ran away before just a few weeks ago and he came back home on his own. You have the wrong person underneath that sheet behind you.” Tears filled her eyes and poured down her cheeks.
    “Judith, Officer Cutter wouldn’t have come and got us if the chief medical examiner wasn’t sure about Rex,” Mr. Hamilton told his wife as he looked at her then the covered body on the metal table a few feet behind her.
    “Do you really believe our son killed himself?” Mrs. Hamilton yelled at her husband. “No, I won’t ever believe it. I know that isn’t him. I know he was having problems at school but not enough to take his own life.”
    Emerald wanted it to be a different young man for Mrs. Hamilton, but it was their son. Dr. David had already confirmed it. At this point in her career, this kind of scene shouldn’t faze her since she had already witnessed too many painful moments like this one unfolding in front of her. Yet, each and every one still always got to her no matter how many times she did them throughout her work day.
    Pushing her emotions to the side, she gathered the strength she needed to help these parents get through this. “Are you ready to