IF SHE HID by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Kate and DeMarco were given the conference room to use as a makeshift office. For the remainder of the afternoon, they set up at the table, sending off for file requests from the Deton PD, the state police, and the bureau. Duran worked diligently behind the scenes to acquire an intern agent to fetch whatever they needed right away, sending the information to Deton either via email or direct calls.

By four o’clock that afternoon, Kate had a pretty good picture of both Wendy and Alvin Fuller. DeMarco had even gone so far as to write some of their notes on the whiteboard Foster had brought in earlier. While they had a portrait of the Fullers, Kate knew that they’d have to go deeper to find anything worthwhile.

That’s why they now had bank statements, cell phone bills, and the contact information of their employers dating back to several years before they were even married. Even now, as Kate and DeMarco pored over all of the files they had gathered up in the last several hours, Barnes came into the room, carrying another small stack.

“We’ve officially managed to speak to all five people that Alvin Fuller has ever worked for, with the exception of the manager of the video rental place he worked at in college but that’s only because he died four years ago. They all said Alvin was perfectly fine, just a little on the quiet side.”

“Where did he go to college?” Kate asked.

“Oh, that’s right here,” DeMarco said, holding up one her sheets of paper. “VCU. He attended for two years before dropping out.”

“Any idea how Wendy and Alvin met, Sheriff?” Kate asked.

“No idea. They didn’t always live here. Came into town about fifteen years or so ago. Right when little Mercy was a baby.”

“Any idea why they moved here?”

“Not really. I knew they were from somewhere around the Roanoke area. I always figured it was easier for a family to get by on very little money out here. Alvin had a good job at the lumber mill out in Deerfield. Around here, it’s not a job to sneeze at, you know?”

“Do you know if he had that job since the first day? Maybe he moved here specifically for that job?”

“No, I asked that when I spoke to his boss. According to them, their records show that he applied for the job after coming to Deton. So if he moved here for a specific reason, it wasn’t that. And while I do love my town, it’s not really the sort of place people move to just for the hell of it, you know?”

“And his employer there said nothing was out of the ordinary, right?”

“Right. He was just as shocked as anyone.”

As Barnes stepped back out of the room, Kate reclined back in her seat a bit and landed on a particular thought. It didn’t seem important per se, but it did seem a little odd. She spoke out it out loud to DeMarco, hoping they could figure it out between them.

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