Unexpected Lightning by Cass Sellars

Author:Cass Sellars [Sellars, Cass]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635552775
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2019-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Mack had told Sydney everything she didn’t want to hear. Response from the lab had confirmed that there were no useable prints or any smidgen of forensic data that might tell them who was torturing them. Mack told her she now had an entire accordion file dedicated to the case, which she’d hoped would never even have been called a case.

Syd saw Mack’s car back into the space next to hers but continued to stare toward the front door of Davidson Properties. Mack jerked open the passenger door of the car and dropped heavily into the seat next to Syd, who never moved to look at her.

“First rule of surveillance is to be inconspicuous. Since you’re driving a shiny black Porsche, let’s go to number two…lock your doors.”

Syd was monotone as she replied to Mack, not looking at her. “Do you not think I saw your inconspicuous city ride with the visor strobes? And I unlocked the doors because you’re predictable.” Syd continued her stare at the front of the office building.

“What do you think you’ll see out here?” Mack stretched her legs out under the dash and scanned the confined space.

“Probably nothing. Maybe some guy with three heads pulling his monster truck out behind her. Why are you here?”

“I talked to Davidson. I told him I wanted to do a few interviews with the new guys and see who I could eliminate. Maybe the three-headed guy will show up while I’m here and tap me on the shoulder.”

“Good thought.” Sydney stared ahead, cataloguing every movement. Cars coming and going, employees and visitors arriving and leaving. She knew if she looked away she might miss the crucial moment when she could stop all of this.

“How’s she doing since this all happened?” Mack asked.

“Depends. One minute she’s pissed and the next she wants to give up and not leave the house. If I didn’t think she’d blame me later, I’d take her up on option two. I’m smart enough to know that it would bite me in the ass if this is ever over.”

“So, your fallback position is close your business and tail her until he shows himself?”

“Got anything better?” Sydney asked, clenching and unclenching her fists around the steering wheel. “What would you do if it were Jenny?”

“Likely arrest her every morning on some bullshit charge so she had to ride in my police car for the rest of the day.” Mack grinned, clearly hoping to break her friend’s mood.

“And you accuse me of being irrational.” Syd tried to smile but knew it fell flat.

“Want to do something completely against the rules?” Mack elbowed her.

“Almost always.” Syd pulled her eyes away from the door briefly. “What did you have in mind?”

“Listen to these interviews and give me your gut? Remotely, of course.”

“You mean listen from far away, so I don’t snap someone’s head off?” Syd smirked at Mack, whose SLPD cap was pulled low over her eyes, masking her expression.

“Precisely. See? This is why we work well together. You get me.

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