10-Code by Freya Barker

Author:Freya Barker [Barker, Freya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FBI, Law Enforcement, Older woman younger man, Colorado, Single parent
Publisher: Freya Barker
Published: 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00

“NO ONE IS SAYING IT, so I will.” Luna looks around the table. “Anyone else thinking we should have a closer look at Jeremy Berger?”

“Absolutely, I’m on that. Heading up to Hermosa shortly,” Damian answers. “Linden, you’re coming with me,” he says to Toni, who’s been quiet and only nods. “Jas, I want you to dig into the Four Corners League. Pull an address list for every kid on his team; call the parents. Any information that looks interesting, toss it to Luna and Dylan to follow up on. Next look at board, administration, coaches. Anyone even remotely connected to the league; I want it scrutinized front to back. You’ll be in contact with Yeager.” He turns to me. “Dylan, get in touch with Joe Benedetti and get him in the loop. Then you and Luna head over to the McKinley house. The parents are still in Farmington, but the boy’s uncle is coming down from Dolores with a key. Everything and anything we find gets relayed into the office right away. Every fucking minute counts, people.”

After I talk with Benedetti, our local chief of police who promises any and all support, Luna and I meet up with a very distraught Michael McKinley—Thomas’ uncle—outside a nice house in a middle-class neighborhood near the college.

The McKinleys aren’t hurting for money. Parked in the driveway is a fairly new Subaru Ascent, and I know from the reports the vehicle the family is currently driving is a Porsche Cayenne. I’m guessing the Subaru is mom’s ride.

Thomas is the only child and it’s easy to see which bedroom is his. Looks like a boy’s dream; posters of superheroes and famous soccer players on the wall, a nice computer on his desk, a forty-inch flat-screen mounted across from one of those gaming chairs, and a PlayStation on the floor beside it.

“Big gamer? Your nephew?” I ask Michael, who follows us around.

“Yeah. Aside from the soccer, it’s all he does these days.”

“These days?” Luna, always perceptive, picks up on it as well.

“Well...” The man darts assessing glances between Luna and me before he appears to come to a decision. “My brother and his wife are going through a tough time,” he says reluctantly. That explains why not only the master, but also the spare bedroom, look to be occupied. “The atmosphere in the house hasn’t exactly been healthy, so I guess these past few months he mostly sticks to his room.”

“I see.” I send Luna a meaningful look. “Would you excuse me for a minute?” I announce, already pulling my phone from my pocket as I walk out of the room and down the stairs.

“Talk to me,” Jasper answers.

“Get on the horn with Yeager. If he doesn’t know it yet, the McKinleys are having marital issues. The kind that has them sleep in separate bedrooms and is bad enough the boy hides out in his room all the time.”

“Gotcha.”

“And, Jas? There’s one other thing; Thomas has a PS4 sitting on the floor next to a state-of-the-art gaming chair, complete with headset and mic.

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