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am going to have to catch the real criminal.”
                Angela protested, but Sarah knew that she wasn’t going to change her mind.   She had to prove that she was innocent, and she would do anything to do it.   She would do anything at all.

Chapter 2

                Angela kept insisting that Sarah needed to take it easy, so in the end Sarah assured her friend that she wouldn’t do anything rash.   Angela still didn’t seem sure when she dropped Sarah off at her car, but Sarah leaned in to hug her.
                “Man, I so want to get home and take a bath to get the darn jail grime off of me,” she said.   “Call me later, when you’re done at the office okay?”
                Angela looked relieved and waved goodbye.   “I will!   Drive safe.”
      Of course, the moment that Angela drove away, Sarah turned away from her car and headed right back into the building.   She had investigating to do.   Luckily for her, she had gotten her ID card back from the cops.   So although she got a few odd looks from security, she passed into the building without any trouble.
                The odd looks increased when she reached her department.   It was almost the end of the work day and people were starting to get ready to leave.   Most of them stopped or paused when they saw her.   Obviously anyone who had missed the show earlier had been told about it.
                She decided that the best plan would be to pretend that nothing was wrong.   Instead, she cheerily waved to her friends and coworkers as she reached her office.   Just when she thought that she was going to make it without even having to explain herself, Valerie caught up with her.
                “You’re back!”
                Sarah smiled at her.   Valerie was one of her best friends at the company.   She hadn’t been around when she was arrested, but Sarah was sure that her friend would have insisted on her innocence.   Sarah shrugged.   “What can I say?   They had the wrong girl.”
                “I’m so glad” Valerie said, grinning from ear to ear.   “Have you talked to Grisham yet?   I’m sure he will be thrilled to have you back on the team.”
                Sarah smiled at her friend.   “The day is almost over.   I figured I would talk to him on Monday, I don’t want to bug him now.” She winked at her friend. “You know how grouchy he gets if you ruin his weekend.”
                Valerie grinned and laughed.   “Totally.   Alright, well call me if you want to go clubbing this weekend.   I heard there is a new club in town that is absolutely amazing.”
                Sarah smiled back.   “I might just do that.   It would be good to get out on the town after all of this insanity.”
                Valerie hugged Sarah quickly, then pulled away.   “I’m just glad they got everything sorted.   I can’t believe they really thought you could do such a horrible thing.”
                “Thanks hon ,” Sarah said, then turned into her office, feeling much better.   After all, her friends knew the truth.   They knew what kind of person Sarah was, and they knew she wouldn’t do something really bad like that.
                Feeling light and happy, Sarah scanned her office.   The police had obviously been through her things.   The papers on the desk had been shifted and pawed through, the drawers were still open.   There was police tape over her computer monitor.   She had a feeling that it would be a bad idea to mess with too many things, but she needed to find something that could prove her innocence.
                She powered on her computer, but as always, it took forever to boot up.   While she waited she turned to the file cabinet.   She looked through the various files.   It was actually pretty easy to find the right things.