Stone Butterfly by James D. Doss

Author:James D. Doss
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2006-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

Marilee Attatochee’s supper of baked beans and fat-free turkey wieners was interrupted when the telephone rang. “Yeah?”

“Hi, Marilee. This is Deputy Packard and I—”

“Is this about Sarah?” Oh, God—please don’t let her be dead.

“Uh, in a way. I just need some routine information.”

“What?” She wiped her mouth with a paper napkin.

“Does Sarah have any birthmarks?”

“No. Not that I know of.” She was tapping her foot on the floor. “Anything else?”

“Uh, just one more thing—does her cat have a name?”

“Sure.” What a dipstick. “All pet cats have names.”

The deputy waited a few heartbeats, then realized she was going to make him ask. “Well, it might help if you happened to remember—”

“Sarah calls him Mr. Zig-Zag.”

“Oh.” That cinches it. The kid is on her way to the Southern Ute res in Colorado. To see a Daisy Perika. “Thanks, Marilee. That’s all I needed to know.” The vacuum-like silence pulled a few final words from his mouth. “Just fillin’ in some blanks on the forms.”

“Tate, if you hear any news at all—” The Papago woman was talking to a dead line.

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