Buried Truth by Jannine Gallant

Author:Jannine Gallant [Gallant, Jannine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The damn film wasn’t in the bitch’s purse. He sorted through the pile of crap he’d dumped out on the ground for the third time, shining a light over the accumulation of odds and ends just to be sure. Definitely not there. Math papers scattered in a gust of wind, blowing toward the parking lot. Not that he gave two shits at this point. Everyone had long since departed the school grounds. After he’d ditched the bag in the woods, he’d waited until it was safe to come back to search through it. The last thing he’d wanted was to be caught with the damn thing by some fluke, and he still hadn’t replaced that burned-out taillight. Better not to risk having incriminating evidence found in his possession if he was stopped.

Rising to his feet, he shoved the few dollars he’d taken out of Leah’s wallet into his pocket to make the cops think it was a simple robbery, then gave the bag a hard kick before heading back toward the parking lot, keeping the flashlight beam low.

What a colossal waste of time watching for a chance to knock the woman out had been. The freaking film was nowhere to be found. Not in her house or her car or her bag. He’d even snuck into the school after hours when he’d found the cafeteria door propped open for a delivery, jimmied the lock on her classroom door, and searched her desk . . . for all the good it had done.

Taking a quick look around, he ran up to the dumpsters where he’d parked out of sight of anyone cruising past the school. No reason to advertise his presence. Breathing hard, he sat in the dark interior of his car and stared out at the night to ponder his next move. When his phone rang, he answered without bothering to check the display, knowing very well who would be calling.

“Yeah.”

“Well, what happened?”

“I grabbed her purse and searched it. The film wasn’t there.”

“Fuckin’ A!”

He let out a slow breath and held his temper. “I’m beginning to think she actually lost the roll for good. Maybe tossed it out with the trash or something by accident.”

A short silence followed. “That would certainly be a lucky break for us. Still, we can’t assume we’re safe.”

“Then we’ll keep our ears open. Surely if the damn thing shows up, Leah will mention it to someone, and word will get back to one of us.”

“I guess that’s the best we can do at this point.”

He slumped against the seat in relief and changed the subject. “How’s the search for a sacrifice going? We don’t have much time left.”

“Nothing definitive yet. I picked up a prospect hitchhiking, but then she called her boyfriend before I could get the phone away from her. Too risky after that.”

Apparently I’m not the only one who screws up. Not that he’d ever say so. Even if he hated the fact he hadn’t been voted the Chosen One, he wouldn’t show flagrant disrespect to the man who held that honor.

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