Forgotten Bones by Vickie McKeehan

Author:Vickie McKeehan [McKeehan, Vickie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-06T06:00:00+00:00

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Late afternoon at the Smith household was a chaotic rush to figure out a meal, in this case the kids begged for pizza but settled for homemade spaghetti. There was bickering over who’s turn it was to clean up the dishes.

Harry waited until all that had calmed down before ringing the doorbell. When Levi let him in, the family had gathered around the TV in the living room to watch Aquaman on DVD.

“It wasn’t my idea,” teenage Levi went out of his way to point out. “It’s for the girls.” He rolled his eyes. “They’re in love with Jason Momoa.”

“Who isn’t?” Harry returned, having been around Zoe and Emmadine the last few days. “Your mom’s here, right?”

“Yeah. She’s in the bedroom talking on the phone, trying to find out all she can about Rosa Andreas’s murder. I’m not supposed to know that. But she doesn’t like to talk about that stuff around the girls. Hang on, I’ll go get her.”

“I thought Skye was coming,” Barb said to Harry when she entered the living room. “I heard the doorbell.”

Harry took her through the dog emergency and how Skye had been coming back from talking to Simone Silver.

Barb smiled. “You were right. They are just regular people with regular problems.” She twisted in her seat on the couch to yell at the girls. “Turn that TV off.”

“Oh, Mom,” Lara groaned. “It’s just getting to the good part.”

“I don’t care. You’ve got the whole summer to watch it. And besides, you’ve seen it ten times already. Now leave it. This is about your sister. Turn it off. And come over here, sit down like normal people, and talk to Detective Drummond. Surely you can do that for your sister.”

“I’m really sorry to interrupt your movie,” Harry began.

“That’s okay,” Luna stated, a bit downhearted about having to talk about Laurel.

“You see, I just need to clear up some things about the day she went missing and then I’ll be on my way and you guys can get back to the movie. That Saturday morning, did she talk to anyone on the phone? Did she leave the house for any reason before going into town?”

On the sofa, Lara fiddled with the string on her pink hoodie and cleared her throat. “After Mom and Levi left the house to go to work, Laurel was on the phone. I don’t know who she talked to, but she planned to meet someone that afternoon.”

Stunned at the revelation, Barbara stared at Lara. “And this is the first time you say anything? Why would you do that?”

Harry watched the girl cringe from her mother’s accusation. “Barb, that’s not helping. Just let Lara say what she has to say without judgment.”

Barb let out a sigh and reached for Lara’s hand. “I’m sorry. Just tell Mr. Drummond what happened.”

Lara swallowed hard. “It was about Luna’s present. Laurel said it was a surprise for Luna. She said she’d found a doll that wouldn’t cost thirty-five dollars.”

Barb’s hand flew to her mouth. “I feel sick.

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