Intuition by Ericson Carol

Author:Ericson, Carol
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Matt swore under his breath. He should’ve known there had to be more to the chief’s reluctance to hand over the full report. Then he thought about Annie.

“So the chief is married?”

“Divorced.”

“Ex-wife and son still in town?”

“Ex definitely not. I don’t think she ever lived here. The chief was already divorced when he took this job, divorced or separated.”

“And the son?”

“Like most kids of divorced parents, he split his time between Mom and Dad, but he was already a teenager when his father took this job. I don’t think he ever went to school here though—just summers and holidays.”

“And is he here now?”

“I haven’t seen him.”

Matt’s hands hovered over the laptop. “I don’t get it. We didn’t see an Eric Evans in the report, just his name listed at the end. What was his role in this tragedy?”

“I don’t know. It must’ve been important enough for the chief to want to hide it.”

Matt scrolled to the beginning of the report and did a search on Eric Evans. “It’s coming up at the end only.”

Kylie leaned forward, wedging her elbows on her knees and peering at the screen. “He must be one of those unnamed young people floating in and out of Bree’s orbit while she was here.”

She jumped back to the last page with the interviewees. “Look. Toby’s, Rob’s and Kenny’s names are on here, too, but they don’t appear in the report.”

“Shoddy police work or an attempt to gloss over the fact that Eric Evans’s involvement isn’t chronicled in the body of the report?”

“Maybe a little of both, but I think we need to find Mindy and Patrice and start asking some serious questions.”

“I think we need to ask Harlan Sloan a few serious questions, too, starting with that text.”

Kylie slumped against the back of the love seat. “Wish I could ask my mom some serious questions, too.”

“Looks like this report raised as many questions as it answered.” Matt flicked the laptop with his index finger. “Let’s finish lunch and get busy.”

* * *

TWO HOURS LATER, Matt and Kylie stood at the hostess stand of the Whole Earth Café. Kylie nudged Matt in the ribs. “There she is.”

Matt turned his head toward a waiflike young woman with wispy, light brown hair, juggling four plates laden with food. Coincidence that she worked in the same restaurant where someone had left a photo of Bree on their table?

Matt watched her buzz between two tables in the half-empty dining room, noticing an empty table for four between the two. He pointed at the table and asked the hostess. “Is it okay if we sit at that table?”

“Sure, go ahead.” She waved them into the room.

As they slid into the booth, Mindy Lawrence glanced their way and her eyes widened. Matt whispered to Kylie. “Oh, yeah, we got the right girl.”

Mindy crept toward their table, clutching a couple of menus to her chest. “Hello, welcome to the Whole Earth. My name is Mindy and I’ll be your server.”

“Hi, Mindy. When do you get a break?”

Her doe eyes got even bigger.

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