Textual Relations by Jamie Lee Scott

Author:Jamie Lee Scott [Scott, Jamie Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cozy Mystery
Goodreads: 15703242
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-05-11T14:00:00+00:00

In a heartbeat, Catey was no longer crying. She no longer heaved. Wiping her eyes, she asked, “Is the girl’s name Tiffany?”

CHAPTER 11

As much as I didn’t want to call Nick, I needed to know more about the girl that disappeared. Was her name Tiffany? Did she go to the same school as Catey?

We got her back in the car, and I took Jackie and Catey straight home. I’d come get Jackie in the morning if she wanted to come to work. For now, she needed to be with her daughter. This was a lot for a young teen to process. On the way home, Catey kept saying, “I really thought I was smarter than that.”

She was a smart girl, but this guy had years to hone his “craft.” My head was spinning as I drove away from their house. I grabbed my phone and hit the speed dial button. Don’t judge me; I know Nick’s number shouldn’t be in my speed dial.

“Hey, Mimi.” Nick sounded genuinely happy to hear from me.

“We really need to talk.” I didn’t sound as happy, as I was really starting to feel ill.

“I’m working this missing person case,” Nick said. “Maybe later tonight?”

“I’m in my car. Where are you? We really need to talk, like now.”

Exasperated, Nick said, “Mimi, can’t it wait? There is a girl’s life at stake here.”

“It’s about the girl. Is her name Tiffany?”

There was silence on the other end of the phone. “What did Charles tell you?”

I’d been holding my breath. “Charles didn’t tell me, Catey did.”

Nick’s tone turned urgent. “Meet me at your house. How soon can you get there?”

“I’m just pulling into my driveway.”

Nick must have gone lights and siren, because he was jogging up my front lawn before I got to the door.

“What’s going on?” Nick called as he approached.

“Come on in. I’ll make some coffee.” I opened the door and went straight to the kitchen.

I had some gourmet beans I’d ground that morning, so I scooped them into the coffee maker and added filtered water. Looking across the counter, I saw the bottle of wine Sebastian and I had shared the night before, and I smiled for a moment, forgetting the present reality.

Nick came behind me, breaking my moment of peace. “So?”

“Jackie and I talked with Catey. We asked her what happened, and she told us everything. When we told her about the missing girl, she asked if her name was Tiffany.”

“Tiffany Anderson,” Nick stated flatly.

“Tiffany Anderson,” I repeated. “Have you heard anything from Charles?”

“He called just before you did. He’s having a hell of a time getting into Garrison’s computer.”

“Charles?” I couldn’t believe it.

“The man had a lot to lose if he was caught. He wanted to be sure he didn’t get caught. For all we know, everything on the drive could be wiped clean if the wrong password is entered too many times.”

“Did Charles tell you that?”

“Yes. He’s waiting to get some sort of tool from the Naval Postgraduate School. He said one of the officers is trying to get it from an Army base in Kentucky.

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