Town at the Edge of Darkness (The Excoms Book 2) by Brett Battles

Author:Brett Battles [Battles, Brett]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-12-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Rosario grabbed the mobile off the nightstand without looking, and pulled it under the covers with her. She checked the screen and hit ACCEPT after she saw who it was.

“This had better be good.”

“Were you asleep?” Shinji asked. “It sounded like you were asleep. I can call back…but…”

She groaned. “I am awake. What is it?”

“I ID’d some of the guys Ricky saw at that delivery. I, um, sent you an email with the details.”

“You called me to tell me you sent me an email?”

“No, no, no. That’s not why. I, um…well, uh…see, I got to thinking about the delivery, and it reminded me of the link you sent from the Bradbury Evening Independent.”

“What link?” she asked, still half asleep.

“The one about the accident.” He paused. “The truck.” Another pause. “On the highway?”

“Oh. Right.”

“Two trucks, in odd circumstances, and on the same day? I thought it might be a good idea to see if there’s a connection.”

She pulled the covers off her head and sat up. “That’s not bad, Shinji. Is there a connection?”

“The first thing I did was see if I could get some kind of ID numbers off the trucks, see if maybe they were owned by the same people, or came from the same place. It took a bit, but I got them. Only…”

“Only what?”

“Well, when I saw the numbers, it reminded me of something else. I double-checked, and it turned out my hunch was right.”

“Shinji, you are giving me a headache. Just tell me.”

“Patterson’s notebook. The long string of characters. Those are truck IDs. In fact, the IDs for both the burned-out rig and the one Ricky saw are on the list.”

She jumped out of bed and hurried over to her computer. “Send me the ID numbers.”

“Already did.”

She opened her email program.

“Any other surprises for me?”

“No. Sorry, that’s it.”

“Do not say sorry, Shinji. This is excellent. You have my permission to call me anytime you have something like this.”

“Really? Well, uh, okay.”

“I’ll talk to you later.”

She hung up and began verifying what he’d told her.

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