AFTER DARK WILLIAM POWELL Copyright © 2023 by WILLIAM POWELL All rights reserved. DEDICATION ____________________ To Nanna June, Granddad John and Uncle Wynne. I miss you everyday. Works in the Justice Universe include:   William Powell   45 Days (2013) Descent Into Madness (2014) When Justice Comes Calling (2015) Unsettling Differences (2020) After Dark (2023) Damien Gayle     Encore (2016) CHAPTER 1 Her name was Jessica Loren and she had been a cam girl. Her screen name had been Jessie Pus, but her favourite sponsors called her Jes. She'd been found sprawled on the floor of a grimy apartment building, her eyes wide open in shock like she was more surprised than anyone that she had passed away. A dirty kitchen knife jutted out awkwardly from her back; it was unclear what had killed her first, the blood loss or tetanus.  Her limbs were twisted at an odd angle like she'd tried to do an odd dance while pressed against the floor. As a cam girl, it wouldn't have been too impr