The Girl That Vanished (Emma Griffin FBI Mystery Book Book 2) by A.J. Rivers

The Girl That Vanished (Emma Griffin FBI Mystery Book Book 2) by A.J. Rivers

Author:A.J. Rivers [Rivers, A.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-09T16:00:00+00:00


Vincent’s face looks drawn when he opens the door. We got a later start this morning than yesterday, but it’s still early enough for some of the neighbors on his street to be making their way to work. A few pause at their cars, curiosity drawing their eyes over to us. They don’t say anything, but they’re hoping to hear something.

There isn’t a single person in this town who hasn’t heard what happened yesterday. Even if they didn’t watch the press conference, the news would have trickled to them from their families, their neighbors. Mothers share the fear with other mothers. Fathers threaten war to hide their own. Grandparents lament a simpler time when something like this wouldn’t happen, even though they know this is a threat that transcends generations. They’re all waiting for anything to grasp onto. Sherwood is holding its breath.

“I thought you might come today,” Vincent says through a long exhale. He steps back away from the door. “Come in.”

Valerie comes down the stairs angrily, lashing the sash of her bathrobe around her waist as she glares at us.

“What are you doing here?” she demands. “Don’t you think you’ve put my husband through enough?”

“We didn’t put your husband through anything,” Sam says.

“You can’t possibly still think that envelope was a joke,” I say. “It led to the body of a murdered ten-year-old girl.”

She crosses her arms over her chest defensively.

“What are you suggesting?”

“I’m not suggesting anything. I’m making a statement, and that statement is someone who knows a lot about a murdered child sent clues to Vincent, and we want to know why.”

“Do you have a warrant?” she asks.

“Valerie, please,” Vincent says.

“No. They’re invading our privacy. They’re harassing you. All our neighbors have seen them in front of our house two days in a row now. You don’t think they’re going to start making that connection?”

“This isn’t about Vincent right now,” Sam cuts in. “This is about a little girl named Alice Brooks, who lost her life in a brutal, horrible way and two other children who are still missing. This guy chose Vincent for some reason, which means he might be the strongest clue we have.”

Valerie glares at Sam like she wants to say something, then turns away in a huff and stalks into the living room to the side. I watch her search a large bookcase and finally select one of the hundreds of volumes filling the shelves. She picks up a small notebook and pen from a small table set beside the case and stalks back up the steps.

“Come sit down,” Vincent says in the wake of a door slamming closed over our heads.

We sit in the living room she just left, and I look to Sam to start the conversation.

“Is there anything else you know that you haven’t told us, Vincent?” he asks.

Vincent shakes his head and holds his hands out as if to show they’re empty.

“Nothing. I called you as soon as I found that envelope yesterday. What you saw is all I know.



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