He Never Forgot by P.D. Workman

Author:P.D. Workman [Workman, P.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: P.D. Workman

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Zachary wasn’t sure how to go back to his client with more bad news. Not only did he not have anyone who remembered Allen, but he didn’t even know the right surname. After considering it for a while, he called Aurelia Pace.

“Aurie. It’s Zachary Goldman. The private investigator.”

“I remember who you are,” she sighed.

“Then you probably know why I’m calling you back, too.”

“You went back there, didn’t you?”

“Yes, we went back to Peach Tree Lane. And Ben Burton went into the house.”

She made a sympathetic noise. “Why did you let him do that? Why couldn’t you let him think that the place had been knocked down and there was no point in going there?”

“I’m working for him, not for you.”

“But you must know that wasn’t good for him. He should never have gone back there.”

“My job isn’t to do what’s best for my client. It’s to do what I’m hired for.”

She sighed. “How was it?”

“Initially… okay. He got to see the house, wander around, find a link to his past.”

“And then?”

“And then… he found his name and Allen’s written on the wall beside the furnace.”

“Allen’s?” Pace repeated in a blank tone.

“Allen. His brother.”

“Bobby didn’t have a brother.”

“Then who else was down there with Bobby? Who else was it that wrote his name on the wall?”

There was only silence from Pace.

“You never had any clue that there was another child,” Zachary said.

“No. Never. Bobby didn’t say anything. His crapbag parents didn’t say anything about another child.”

Zachary snorted in surprise at Pace’s choice of language.

“Well, they were,” Pace asserted. “I don’t sugarcoat it. They were evil people who should never have been allowed anywhere near children. Horrible people. It’s the kind of existence that you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.”

“No,” Zachary agreed. “I sure wouldn’t.”

Neither of them said anything for a few minutes.

“They had another child?” Pace said finally.

“Yes, apparently there was another boy.”

“And no one knows what happened to him.”

“No one knew he existed until now.”

She swore.

Zachary thought about the dimly-lit basement. He thought about it back when Burton lived there, when there had been a dirt floor.

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