Fatal Exchange (Southern Crimes Book #2): A Novel by Lisa Harris

Author:Lisa Harris
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Christian, Drug traffic—Fiction, FIC042060, Fiction, Romance, Women teachers—Fiction, Suspense, Students—Fiction
ISBN: 9781441245014
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2014-04-29T16:50:06.902000+00:00

20

Emily’s vision blurred as she stared at the school’s surveillance footage on the computer screen. She’d spent the last thirty minutes sitting next to Detective Rogers, going frame by frame through the video that had been taken from the time Tess left for her father’s car until Emily received the text. After seeing nothing out of the ordinary, they’d expanded the search—and the timeframe—to look for anyone who seemed out of place. But whoever had taken Tess had managed to avoid getting caught on camera.

And Tess was still missing.

Emily scooted back her chair before addressing the detective. “I need to take a short break. My eyes are crossed and my head is killing me.”

“Of course.” He nodded, his eyes still fixed on the monitor. “Take as long as you need.”

She dug a bottle of ibuprofen from her bag, then reached for her water that sat on the edge of the desk where she’d been working. Fifteen minutes ago, she’d called Jackson for an update on her sister. Avery’s blood pressure had dropped on the way to the hospital, and she was groggy from painkillers, but the doctors expected her to make a complete recovery—as long as she rested the next few days.

Emily washed down two of the capsules with a swig of water, unable to stop her smile when she thought of Jackson’s disclaimer. Convincing Avery to rest was like convincing the moon to stop rotating around the earth. She had, though, advised him not to tell Avery about Tess—not yet anyway. She knew her sister. She might be furious for initially being kept in the dark, but what she didn’t need was the added stress of knowing her daughter was in danger when there was nothing she could do about it.

“Emily?”

She looked up at Mason, who had just stepped into the front office, his leather jacket covered with a dusting of snowflakes, his expression reflecting how she felt. Cold, tired, and frustrated.

Emily bridged the distance between them, hesitant to ask the obvious question. “Did you find Tess?”

He shook his head. “Not yet, but there are some things we need to talk about.”

She caught the edge in his voice and felt her blood pressure spike. “What’s wrong?”

“I’ve just finished talking to the captain.”

“And . . .”

He glanced around the office, still filled with a half-dozen law enforcement officers and school staff tracking down leads on Tess’s disappearance from their makeshift command post. “Let’s go outside. It’s more private.”

He waited for her to grab her purse before taking her hand and leading her out the front door of the school. It would be dark in a few hours, which meant it would be harder to find Tess. She might not be a cop, but even she knew that in missing person cases, time was the enemy. And at the moment, the enemy was winning.

Outside, the wind caught the edge of her coat, sweeping the afternoon chill straight through her. She shivered. She’d been able to change out of her blood-stained outfit

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