Guarding Sophie by Julie Brannagh

Author:Julie Brannagh
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

SOPHIE DRAGGED THE suitcase full of her clothing and toiletries a police officer brought to Kyle’s house upstairs to his guest room a few hours later. She needed a shower and a change of clothes. Even more, she needed someplace safe to stay. The police were still looking for Peter. They’d brought in a helicopter and police were searching the surrounding communities. He seemed to have vanished into thin air.

“We’ll be watching your place, Sophie,” the female police officer said. “It’s not safe to stay there right now.”

“My landlord lives in the bigger house. Will she be okay? I’m worried about her.” Sophie’s worst nightmare had come true, but she couldn’t think about that right now. What if Peter tried to hurt her landlady, appeared at Kyle’s house again, or did something awful to her coworkers? They didn’t ask for this.

“She’s one of our firearms instructors. She’ll be fine.” The officer reached out to pat Sophie’s upper arm. “We’re going to find him.”

“I know. I thought I’d finally gotten away from him.”

The officer glanced at Sophie’s purse. “You said you bought a burner phone when you got here. Did you keep your old phone, by chance?”

“It’s at the bottom of my purse. It’s a Samsung. It cost a lot, and I couldn’t stand to throw it out.”

“May I see it for a moment? Let’s see if it still has any charge on it,” the officer said.

Sophie dug the phone out of her purse and handed it to the officer, who powered the phone up. She touched the screen a few times, powered it off, and handed it back to Sophie.

“Fixed it. Let’s see your burner phone, if you don’t mind.”

“Of course,” Sophie said. “May I watch what you’re doing with it?”

The officer turned the screen so Sophie could watch her as she touched the screen on her disposable cell phone.

“I’m accessing the settings function. Click on Location, and then Google Location Settings.” The officer glanced at the phone. “I’m disabling both Location Reporting and Location History.”

“Why is that necessary?” Sophie asked the officer.

“Cell phones have a tracing function that’s accessible from search engines. I guess you didn’t know that.”

“What?” Sophie said. “You’re joking.”

“Nope. It’s great for us, but not so great for people who are being stalked or otherwise bothered by someone else,” the officer said. “That function is disabled now. If you get a new phone and don’t know how to do it, stop by the station and I’ll help you.” She patted Sophie on the back.

Sophie sank onto Kyle’s couch because her legs wouldn’t hold her up. She had led Peter right to her as a result of her own ignorance and unwillingness to throw out a $400 phone. All the preparations and sacrifices she’d made were for nothing. God, she was dumb.

“We’ve got this. We’ll find him. Don’t worry,” the officer said. She turned to walk outside.

KYLE’S BUSINESS PHONE rang, and he reached out to grab it.

“Hey, Carlson. Heard you had a little excitement today,” Derrick Collins said.

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