The Shut-In by James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski

Author:James Patterson & Duane Swierczynski [Patterson, James & Swierczynski, Duane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01M4MYV2R
Publisher: BookShots
Published: 2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

But after Jackson leaves, I don’t throw myself into my actual job. Instead, I resume my online hunt for the name of the murdered homeless man while Amelia III recharges. (Unfortunately, her battery’s so low that I won’t get the chance to fly her again tonight; the sun is already setting.)

I try not to think about the hurt puppy-dog look on Jackson’s face as he excused himself from my apartment. Why couldn’t I have said something vaguely romantic like, Hey, why don’t I whip up something here for the two of us? Because I’m an idiot, that’s why. We could have shared a meal together, maybe even kept up with some more of that playful banter we had been exchanging.

But no. I had to tell him maybe some other time.

Anyway…that’s why I’m distracting myself, looking for some news on the homeless advocacy front. I check Facebook, and there’s a single message waiting for me from an older hippyish-looking guy named John Burke:

Hello, Tricia. There’s a fellow named Allen Moyer who hasn’t been seen around the Parkway in a while. (But I also hear that he might be up visiting a cousin in Wilkes-Barre.)

Things are a little chaotic down at the Parkway anyway; they’re preparing for the senator’s visit on Wednesday, so they’ve been shooing people away and putting up barricades like it’s a goddamn police state. Chances are, your missing guy was probably one of the unfortunate ones to be shooed away first.

Hope this helps. Blessings to you.

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