Don't Close Your Eyes by Christie Craig

Author:Christie Craig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2018-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

He screwed up. Blaming Annie was wrong. He came to that conclusion halfway home.

He pulled over and called her.

It rang once. Twice. Three times.

It went to voice mail.

“I’m sorry. I was wrong. I…I was caught off guard. Call me?”

He started to go back, but decided to let his apology settle in, then he’d call her later with a second.

Did trying not to worry about being an ass make him more of an ass? Fuck! He didn’t know. At home, he got dressed in running clothes, and took off. While he drove to the park, he called Austin PD. The cop in charge of the case wasn’t there. Mark left a message. After he arrived at the park, he and Bacon jogged three miles.

As he was running, his phone dinged with a text. Annie?

He stopped, breathing hard, and got his phone. Not her.

Mildred’s name flashed across the screen. I’m ordering prime rib!

She’d found the old Reed file.

He didn’t need to be at work until two. But the precinct was on the way home. His mind made up, he called off Bacon’s sniffing adventure and they took off.

When he got out of his car at the precinct, he remembered Bacon. “Come on, it’s too hot to leave you here.”

Bacon jumped out. They made their way in, Bacon’s tail wagging, Mark’s mood much darker. Mildred looked up from her desk and smiled. “Is it bring-your-dog-to-work day?”

“Where’s the file?”

She studied him. “Nice legs.”

“Where’s the file?”

She pulled it out of the drawer and handed it over. “Keep frowning like that and you’re gonna get another headache.”

He inhaled. “Tough morning. Anything we can use in there?”

“Not sure. It’s sad, though.”

“Yeah,” he said, realizing Annie’s case was getting to the ugly stage. Where it became more than just about a crime, it became about a victim. About another child. Another one he couldn’t save.

His phone rang. Annie? He pulled it out and checked the number. He frowned.

“Hey,” Mark answered.

“Where are you?” Juan asked.

“At the precinct, picking up the Reed file Mildred found. Why?”

“Come to the office. I just discovered something in Gomez’s file about the Talbot case. You’re gonna want to hear this.”

“Coming.” He handed Mildred back the case file. “Make two more copies of this, one for Juan and one for Connor? I’ll pick mine up on the way out.”

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