The Fix: A Novel by Mia Sheridan

Author:Mia Sheridan [Sheridan, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2025-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-One

Rex locked the door of their rental and walked behind Cami as she headed to the car. Despite the choice of fourteen bedrooms, they’d each taken turns sleeping on the leather couch in the basement, where they passed the time playing pool. He massaged his shoulder, working out the kink born of the position he’d been in when he’d finally drifted off at about four a.m., only to wake an hour and a half later.

But Rex had become used to catching an hour here and an hour there while working, and he knew he’d be fine. He’d watched Cami toss and turn under the blanket at the end of the couch, but she’d managed to get about four hours of sleep as Rex had mapped out the exact routes they’d take from place to place on their list to best use the time they had.

The morning air was crisp and clean and scented with salt and pine. He got behind the wheel as Cami pulled the seat belt across her chest, and then he backed out of the driveway and turned onto the street. She set the fully charged laptop up on the center console so they could keep watch over Cyrus, who was currently sitting on the bed, waiting for his pancakes.

Rex let out a breath of relief as they pulled up in front of the shop fifteen minutes early and saw that the lights were already on. They exited the car and made their way to the door, Rex knocking when they found it locked.

A slender man wearing jeans and a mustard-yellow T-shirt came toward the door, flipped the lock, and pulled it open. “We’re not quite open yet. Come back in fifteen.”

Rex held his hand out so the sunburned guy couldn’t close the door. “Sorry to bother you before you’re open, but we spoke to your daughter yesterday, and she told us to come back in the morning and talk to you. It’s an emergency. Joel, right?”

He looked at Rex skeptically, but then pulled the door open wider and invited them in. “We just need to know if a man was in here at some point last week. We have a photo.”

“What kind of emergency is this?”

“It’s involving a kidnapped child. We’re not at liberty to share more than that.”

Joel looked briefly alarmed and gestured to see what they had to show him. Rex was grateful that he didn’t ask for some ID, not because he cared about lying to the man in this instance, but because it would have wasted a few more minutes they didn’t have.

Cami showed him the photo on her phone, and Joel leaned in. “Yeah, that dude was here. Saturday, I think. He was kinda rude, so I remember him.”

“You do?” Rex felt a flare of hope. “Did he say anything memorable? Or about where he was staying?”

“He asked if kids like Spider-Man comics, and I said yes and suggested a few other choices too. He kinda just grunted and then walked out without saying thank you and let the door close right before another customer got to it.

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