With him on the couch, Melody begins to settle down a little more, pulling her covers up and over herself. She tells herself this is necessary, that the information she might get for this act of kindness could speed up months of work. Because this case has been dead end after dead end, and she could really do with a break through. She needs one.

"Goodnight, Doctor," she says, reaching over to turn out the light, and plunging the room into a dense blackness.