Last Shot at Justice (A Thomas Family Novel Book 1) by Kristi Cramer

Author:Kristi Cramer [Cramer, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kristi Cramer Books
Published: 2017-03-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Blue followed Mitzi toward the policeman and his waiting car. He didn’t like this idea one bit, but he didn’t know what else to do. He guessed if Mitzi trusted this “Mack,” there wasn’t much he could do other than trust him too. But he sure didn’t look forward to being locked into the back seat of a cop car.

Mack was standing with the door to the back seat open. “Only one of you can sit up front,” he said, almost apologetically. They were both looking at him, and Blue scowled as he walked up.

“You so owe me,” he growled into Mitzi’s ear as he passed her and climbed into the back seat.

“I know,” she said, and she had the good grace to sound sorry.

The door closed him in, and sure enough, there was no way to get himself out. A black wire mesh rose between him and the front seat. He watched, feeling totally helpless as the two cops got into the front seats.

“Where do you want to go, Mitz?” Mack asked.

“You’re lo-jacked, right? So it would look weird if you left the search now.” She glanced back at Blue, but Blue didn’t know what “lo-jacked” meant. “We parked at the Merrick. Can you get us over there while making it seem like you’re looking for us?”

“No problem, Mitz. Hey, pal, you ought to take off that hat. You too, Mitz. There’s a pretty solid description of you both now. That rock-for-brains Neil called it in when he spotted you by the library.”

“Great,” said Mitzi as she took off her cap. Blue set the Stetson on the seat beside him. “Neil is pretty tight with the Chief, isn’t he?”

“Yeah, he’s on escort duty for him a lot. Brown-noser. I never much liked him.” Mack was turning corners and seemed to be heading in a big circle back toward the garage where they had parked the car. So far, it seemed Mack was a man of his word.

“What are they saying about the kidnapping?” Mitzi asked.

“The Wharton girl? It’s funny. Not much is being said. We’re supposed to be looking for her too, but the Chief wanted more eyes looking out for you. Said the FBI was on the kidnap case, and we’d be called in if we were needed. Seems strange to me. Usually it’s every available cop—on duty or off—looking for lost kids, even when it’s not the Mayor’s. I overheard Hatfield telling volunteers that we have more help than we need. I figure he’s got some beef with the FBI AIC, and is just being a jerk about it. Not the first time I’ve taken issue with the way Hatfield runs things.”

“I remember,” Mitzi said. Blue wished he knew what kind of man Mack was. But since Mitzi wasn’t openly worried about the direction they were going, Blue thought he would just sit quietly and keep listening. He tried to follow the conversation, but Mack may as well have been talking in some kind of code.

Mitzi continued.

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