The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

Author:Alex Finlay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

CHAPTER 34

KELLER

Keller and Atticus stop at a greasy spoon for lunch, and Atticus eats a burger that looks absolutely delicious while Keller picks at a salad and forces down the green sludge smoothie from her thermos. Over the meal, Keller runs down their thin leads. First, the new piece of information, that one of the victims, Katie McKenzie, had been pregnant. Second, Katie was from a strict, religious family and was keeping her boyfriend, presumably the father of her unborn child, a secret. Third, the guy she was seeing was being obsessive, abusive, according to Tawny O’Shaughnessy. Fourth, at least two of her coworkers at the Blockbuster, Candy O’Shaughnessy and Mandy Young, were having none of it and planned to confront the guy. Perhaps doing so resulted in him killing Katie in a rage, then the rest of them to cover his tracks. Finally, the other new bit of intel: the Union County task force buried the fact that Katie had been pregnant. And they did so, according to Grosso, because Katie’s mother was tight with a detective.

It isn’t much to go on. And it certainly doesn’t get them any closer to finding Vince Whitaker. But you chase the leads you have.

After lunch, they knock on the front door to the home of the McKenzies, Katie’s parents. The lawn is immaculate, the cars washed, the exterior of the house meticulously maintained.

A woman answers the door timidly. She’s mousy and wears a necklace with a cross pendant outside her sweater.

“Ms. McKenzie, I’m Special Agent Keller with the FBI. This is Detective Singh with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. We wondered if you have a minute to speak with us?”

Ms. McKenzie starts to speak as a man’s voice calls out from behind. “Who is it?”

Before Ms. McKenzie turns around, the man has joined her in the doorway. He has a sharp part in his hair and a sharper demeanor.

Keller introduces Atticus and herself again.

The man’s face turns to stone. “I’m sorry, but we have nothing to say to you.”

Before Keller can get another word out, the door slams shut.

She looks at Atticus, confused. That’s now two fathers who’ve refused to talk about the case. It doesn’t make sense. She considers knocking again, but she’s distracted by Atticus, who’s intently studying his phone.

“What is it?” she asks.

“They caught the perp.” His eyes jump up from the device. “Arpeggio’s team just made an arrest.”

“Who is it?”

“You’re not gonna believe this.”

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