Detective Rogers' POV
Given the heaviness that came with the Vivian Rose case. Mel had not been too happy about being saddled with it at all. If she failed to resolve it, the higher ups would no doubt use that to end her career. Either they would force her to resign or she would be banished to purgatory, sent to the middle of nowhere. A place so remote that the worst crimes involved people being attacked by goats and pigs breaking into gardens and eating all of the vegetables. Places were generational feuds over stolen chicken eggs were a real thing. Given how she was a city girl through and through, Mel Rogers had not been looking forward to such an outcome at all.
But as she once again went through the case file with a fine tooth comb, trying to figure out if she had missed anything during her initial sweep. She found herself glad to be on the case.
