Just Another Missing Person

“Three Hundred and Seventy-First Day Missing”

Julia has Olivia and Emma in separate interview rooms at the station. It is past midnight, and she wonders if her passion for work has become a negative force in her life. Even Genevieve has gone to bed instead of waiting up for her as usual.

When Olivia tells Julia that she got her passport renewed in Bristol, Julia remembers that Sadie’s father works there. This revelation opens the case up and reminds her what she loves about police work. She googles Sadie’s case, and a number of articles come up about Sadie’s boyfriend, Andrew Zamos, whom she recognizes as Matthew James. Because she was distracted by Genevieve’s mugging, she didn’t handle Andrew’s interview while working Sadie’s case. He was quickly dismissed as a suspect, so she never saw him. She remembers how insistent Lewis was that Andrew was guilty. Suddenly, the anomalies of Olivia’s life make sense. She was not a real person. Julia is relieved that Olivia isn’t missing, but worried about what will happen with her blackmailer now.

Julia then interviews Emma, who shows her the QR code and the message about Prudence Jones. Julia wonders if Matthew is involved in human trafficking and can tell Emma is thinking the same thing.