All The Stars In Heaven by Michele Paige Holmes

Author:Michele Paige Holmes
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781608618002
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
Published: 2011-09-11T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Two

Carl pulled a burger from the fast-food bag on the coffee table. “Nope. I still ain’t figured out where she lives.”

“It shouldn’t be that difficult,” Grant said. His nose wrinkled in distaste as he opened the bag Carl had set in front of him. “You know when and where her classes are. Follow her.”

“It’s not that easy anymore. She goes all these different places on campus—places I can’t get into—and disappears from there.” Carl opened a ketchup packet and squirted it on the paper next to his fries. “It’s not like I’ve had a lot of time.” He nodded toward a package on the counter. “You want syringes, I get ’em. You want that guy’s wallet, I steal it. You don’t want her to have a place to stay no more, I even took care of that.”

“I never told you to set her house on fire,” Grant said. “If they trace it back to you, you’re looking at arson and manslaughter.”

“They won’t be able to trace nothing. The building’s gone. What’re they gonna do?”

“Plenty,” Grant said. He left his sandwich untouched and went to the kitchen for a drink.

“I found out where her boyfriend works,” Carl said. “Little hole-in-the-wall nightclub near campus. Plays there nights.”

“That’s useful,” Grant said, his tone sarcastic.

“It is,” Carl insisted. “He and Sarah are getting tight. You don’t think she’s gonna show up there to watch him some night?”

“Which night?” Grant asked. “Are you going to hang out there every time he works?”

“Nope.” Carl finished his burger and leaned back on the sofa, one leg propped on his knee, a smug look on his face. “But Diedre works most every night at the bar. And she’d be more ’n happy to get Jay’s girlfriend out of her way. I left her my number. She’s gonna give me a ring as soon as Sarah comes by.”

“That might work,” Grant admitted grudgingly. Though the thought of Sarah out at night caused him no small amount of panic. If Carl could get to her, so could anyone else.

“No appreciation.” Carl shook his head. “No matter what I do, I don’t get no thanks. No wonder she took off,” he mumbled.

“What’d you say?” Grant asked.

Carl matched his threatening tone. “You heard right. I said it’s no wonder Sarah left.”

“I do what I have to to keep her alive,” Grant said. “And you’d better remember that it keeps you alive too.”

* * *

“I can’t figure it out.” Kirk looked at the reports spread across the kitchen table. “Why would the chief have someone with a criminal record acting as a bodyguard for his daughter?”

“In my mind the bigger question is why he thinks she needs a bodyguard,” Jay said.

Kirk nodded in agreement. “Yeah, but look at this guy’s rap sheet.” His fingers roamed the pages faxed to him from a friend in another precinct. “Armed robbery, grand theft auto, assault. He’s no prince. What’s to keep him from using his unsavory talents on Sarah?”

“He got off all those times, didn’t he?” Jay asked.

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