MasterMind: (An Anna Monroe and Never Far crossover) (The Anna Monroe Chronicles Book 2) by A. A. Dark & Alaska Angelini & Word Nerd Editing

Author:A. A. Dark & Alaska Angelini & Word Nerd Editing [Dark, A. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Detective Casey

Red and blue. Even in my dreams, the flashing lights made their way through. Law enforcement was life. It had been for so long, I knew nothing else. As I stood in the middle of Baker Street surveying the thinning crowd, I was surprised the lights stood out so bright tonight. They lit up the surrounding houses, casting a glow on the bare branches of the surrounding trees. The residential neighborhood wasn’t new to the occasional gang shooting. Still, the light grabbed my attention, continually distracting me from the crime scene not a few feet away.

The body was long gone. Anyone who might have seen anything, Diego and I had already questioned. A yawn left me, and I sighed, heading back toward the group of officers who were comparing notes. For sleeping as hard as I did, I still couldn’t shake the exhaustion. Maybe being back in Anna’s house had brought so much relief, my body was trying to catch up on the months of sleepless nights. I wasn’t sure, but I knew I liked being back. It was home. It was with Anna, and she was all I wanted. Question was, was she really going to let me stay long-term? I wasn’t so sure.

Had she made it home yet?

I pulled out my phone, glancing at the time.

“Coffee. Stat.”

My gaze shot up, and I nodded to Diego. Half-passed-one. It was late. Surely she’d be home by now. My lips twisted as I followed Diego back to the cruiser. The house was on the way if I cut over a couple blocks. I’d just check to see if her car was there. Then, coffee.

Getting in, I turned the engine over, making a U-turn. Diego threw me a look at the direction I chose, but he didn’t question it. We were both running on fumes. Arguing wasn’t going to happen. Not for either us.

“I think the mom of the neighbor boy knows something. Did you pick up on that when we talked to her?”

A flash of the woman’s face had me nodding. “Yeah, maybe. She wasn’t too helpful. Could be that she doesn’t want to drag her kids into it. Maybe one of them saw or know who did it.”

“We ain’t getting shit.”

“Probably not,” I agreed. “You know how it is.”

“Yep.” His expression stayed hard as he stared out the window. I took a right, putting me on the road that would pass by ours. Keeping my speed down, I let the streets pass. When we approached the road, I slowed even more. Anna’s car was in the driveaway, and relief came once again.

“What’s that? Casey…turn. Turn.”

Diego flew forward as his finger pointed. I didn’t wait to see what he was talking about. The direction was in the area of Anna’s. Panic in his tone had me flipping on the brights as I gunned it around the turn. A dark silhouette jerked to a stop just outside the living room window. Its head whipped around to look right at us. Like a flash, the figure shot around the side of her house.

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