Aries by Alathia Morgan

Author:Alathia Morgan [Morgan, Alathia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Leslie

Our theory turned out to be a good one, and the last car was registered to the brother of a missing woman.

“I hate having to do phone calls like that, because he’s never going to see her again,” I bemoaned, being made the bearer of bad news.

“You don’t have any hope of her turning up?”

“No. These killers are completely focused, and don’t have any extra room for error. If it’s your birthday, and they’ve set their sights on you, then there’s a ninety-nine percent chance you’re going to die.”

“That’s very pessimistic. I know things happen, but you’re saying that we can’t catch this killer. You’re way too young for that,” Agent Watson scolded.

“Not really.” I glanced at Ryan, who I knew felt the same way. “We’re not going to stop trying to save lives. There isn’t even a suspect at the moment. How can we save them if we don’t even have a direction to look in?”

“If you think we’re pessimistic now, then come back in a few months if this continues. We’re going to be downright depressed. I already feel like we can’t win, but I’m going to keep trying, because if I don’t, then my friend died for no reason.”

“Um, ma’am, could you answer a question for us?” I stopped the waitress when she brought the check. “We were wondering, what’s the next city that caters to tourists farther down toward L.A.?”

“That would be Paso Robles. It’s one of the larger towns, but there are several that are much smaller as well. They all have a few places for tourists, but the bigger ones have a few more choices.” She collected the card from Agent Watson. “Were you looking to stay somewhere tonight?”

“We were thinking of somewhere that had overnight or long-term parking in case we wanted to stay on the beach for a few days. I’d hate to have the car towed just because we were out enjoying the sunshine.” Ryan slid an arm around the back of the booth behind me.

“King City and Paso Robles both have an airport with long-term parking if you need to park one car for a few days. I hope that helps. I’ll be right back with this.”

“Guess we can check out whichever comes first and stay in the larger one for the night. That was a good idea to ask the waitress. I don’t know why my boss is trying to keep you guys from helping. You’re both smart and have a unique perspective,” Agent Watson complemented.

“Unique perspective and we’re smart.” I winked at Ryan. “I think he just described the strange cousin that you barely acknowledge.”

“In Texas, we call it thinking outside the box. I hate to think like the killer, but you do have to think of every possible scenario.” Ryan grinned at Agent Watson’s discomfort.

“Look, can you forget I said that? It’s refreshing to have people that aren’t trying to play by the rule book. Criminals don’t follow the FBI guidelines, and we’ll never catch them if we don’t at least consider other possibilities.

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