I See You by Burton Mary

Author:Burton, Mary
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Tuesday, August 13, 10:00 p.m.

Alexandria, Virginia

Fifteen Hours after the 911 Call

It was as if Zoe had opened the puzzle box and dumped all the pieces onto a table. She had all she needed to create the picture featured on the box cover, but she had no idea how to connect them yet. “Have you tracked down any of her friends?”

Vaughan checked his notebook and nodded. “The place to go next is the gym. Apparently, Hadley spent most of her waking hours there.”

“Agreed.”

The trail of bread crumbs they were following was scattered at best. But it was all they had for now. “Right.”

They drove to the gym located on King Street, parked in a lot behind the building, and pushed through the glass front doors and walked up to the front desk. A young woman wore a T-shirt that read KING STREET GYM. She had blond hair pulled into a perky ponytail and wore almost no makeup on flawless skin.

She looked up at both of them, smiling until she saw Vaughan’s badge. “Is this about Hadley? We all just saw the news.”

“Yes,” Vaughan said. “She worked out here but was also an employee. I would assume she would have some acquaintances.”

“She and Sharon hung out a lot. Sharon’s the fitness director and has her office in the back. I’ll show you.”

“Did you know Hadley well?” Zoe glanced at her name tag. “Misty.”

“I’ve only been here a few weeks. But she was always nice to me. I hope when I get to be her age, I’m in as good a shape.”

When Zoe had been this kid’s age, she’d still been dancing. In those days, she had felt invincible. Her body had responded when she had demanded it, and the aches and pains had been minor annoyances. She had been told she had tremendous potential, and she had begun to look at the more established dancers with a similar kind of awe. Never once had she pictured herself as anything other than a dancer.

They found Sharon sitting behind her desk when Misty knocked on the door. Sharon, like Misty and Hadley, was fit, her arms and legs finely toned. Zoe and Vaughan introduced themselves, and when Misty left, they sat in a pair of wire chairs next to a set of scales.

“I still can’t believe Hadley is missing,” Sharon said. “Who would do that to her?”

“That’s what we’re trying to figure out,” Zoe said. “What can you tell us about Hadley?”

“She was a hard worker. If she wasn’t training or teaching, she was working out. She never sat still. I asked her once if she ever relaxed, and she laughed and said she couldn’t. I wonder if she knew something like this might happen.”

“Did you know about her affair with Roger Dawson?” Zoe asked.

“Yes. It was hard to miss. Those two could barely keep their hands off of each other.”

“Dawson said Hadley wanted to divorce her husband,” Vaughan said.

Sharon shifted in her seat. “It sounds cheap when I hear you talk about it.

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