Detective Peet called and asked Mom to bring me to the police station. I don’t remember much—fear keeps it hidden—but I was led to a small, dark room where six men stood against a wall. Even though they couldn’t see me, their eyes somehow found mine in the glass. My knees weakened and I suddenly ...
I ambled to my desk, DVD in hand. The red light on my phone blinked. Voice mail. I slipped the disc into my computer’s DVD player, then listened to the phone message. The caller introduced herself as Adeline St. Lawrence. “I’m Juliet’s best friend,” she had said, and she wanted to talk to me, but...
For the second time that day, Colin and I parked near the bullet-peppered telephone pole that had held Chanita’s yellow “Missing” flyer. My shoulders tensed as I climbed out of my Porsche SUV. Didn’t really wanna be here, especially at this time of day, especially in nasty weather like this. Mons...