Kingdom of Strangers by Zoë Ferraris

Author:Zoë Ferraris
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Religion, Contemporary, Adult
ISBN: 9780316201766
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

I pulled the nail out of the floor before I left,” Katya said, “so there were no blood traces.”

“Alhamdulillah,” Ibrahim snapped.

He was pacing. They were in the third-floor bathroom, whispering by the sink. It was late and the building was nearly empty. Katya was frightened anyway—that he would explode, that he would draw someone’s attention and they’d get caught and things would look even worse than they were.

“I know you think my son did it,” he said. “He was there. I saw the cut on his foot.”

“Oh,” she said. “Why was he there?”

“He followed me one day. But he didn’t talk to her. He was working on the day she went missing. I double-checked with his boss. My son had absolutely nothing to do with her disappearance, I can guarantee it.” He gave her a wild look. “Someone is setting her up.”

“All right,” Katya said slowly. “But she was hiding something.”

“I know. Damn it!”

“They must have sent evidence to Undercover before I got there,” Katya said for the third time. “I took all the evidence I collected to my house. I did that immediately. My cousin picked me up and I took it straight home. Later, I switched out the evidence. I stole hairs and fibers from other cases, relabeled them, and put them into Sabria’s file, so now it should look like the only other people at her house were women.”

“It doesn’t matter. Undercover already has its damning proof. I think they were lying when they said they found evidence of multiple men at her house. That can’t be true.”

“Do you think they would go that far in setting her up?” Katya asked.

“Why not? It would be the easiest part. Plant some hairs in her bedroom. The question is, why are they doing this?”

Katya was silent.

“They know something about her. They want to stop something. It’s still going on, whatever it is, or they wouldn’t feel the need to do this.”

“What about her banking records?” Katya asked.

“They didn’t say how much, just that she made big deposits every month. Tens of thousands. And then she took the money out again later, in cash.”

“Do you think they falsified that evidence as well?”

“No. I don’t know. It would be a lot harder to do.”

“It makes no sense,” Katya said. “Why would she deposit money and then take it out again? Why not just keep the money hidden somewhere?”

“I have no idea,” he said. “I’m convinced that something bad has happened to her, and whatever it is, the answer is at the Chamelle Plaza. Those women she was meeting; something was being transacted. And I can’t go there myself. Damn it!” His fist hit the wall. The mirror rattled.

“I’ll go back there,” Katya said, “and find out what I can.”

He stopped pacing. “Thank you, Katya. I’m sorry I’m so angry. I appreciate your help. And please be discreet. These people aren’t playing around. Undercover may have found out about the mall and they may have someone there already. Don’t let them see you.

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