Victim 14: An Addictive Detective Emily Tizzano Vigilante Thriller by KJ Kalis

Author:KJ Kalis [Kalis, KJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BDM, LLC
Published: 2021-05-03T22:00:00+00:00

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The day spent at the Cooper’s house had largely been a waste, Cash realized, sitting in the SUV, finishing the sandwich he got from the restaurant up the road. It didn’t take long for Jeremy to process the window, both on the inside and the outside. There was nothing there. Not a hair, not a fiber, not a fingerprint. “That’s not all the bad news I have,” Jeremy had said, stripping off his gloves just a couple of hours earlier. “I checked in the yard to see if I could find any footprints, you know, places where the grass had been crushed. When the parents ran outside in the middle of the night looking for Lexi, they made a mess of the yard. I’ve got no way of telling if that was the entry and exit point or not.”

“What does your gut say?”

Jeremy raised his eyebrows and tilted his head, “I can’t find any other way she could have gotten out of the house. The fact that the window was only slightly open doesn’t give us much, but it’s better than nothing. If I had to guess, someone got the window open, stepped inside of her room, and pulled her out of the house. That’s the risk with a first-floor bedroom.”

Sitting in the SUV, Cash replayed the conversation they’d had in his head. Jeremy was probably right, he thought. Cash had gone over the house with a fine-toothed comb. The only thing that seemed out of place at all was the fact that Lexi’s bedroom window was cracked open. He sent agents to talk to all the neighbors. No one had seen anything, no strange vehicles or anything else. It was a small town, so there wasn’t much traffic. If anyone had parked on the street, someone would’ve noticed something.

Cash slipped the last potato chip from the bag in his mouth before crumpling up the trash and pushing it back inside one of the white plastic bags the food had come in. He wiped his hands on his pants and got out of the SUV, slamming the door. Randy and Keira said the agents were welcome to sit inside to cool off in the air conditioning, but Cash couldn’t eat while they were looking at him, their watery eyes begging him for answers he just didn’t have.

Walking into the backyard, Cash fought off a wave of frustration. There had to be something they were missing in Lexi’s room. He and Jeremy had done a walkthrough of every inch of the her bedroom but found nothing. How was that possible? Criminals never got in and out without leaving something behind, even a trace. That’s all they needed. Just one, small mistake. Rounding the back corner of the yard, Cash stared out, a wave of green grass in front of him, dense woods in the distance.

Cash took a deep breath and thought he could hear the sound of bullfrogs somewhere in the woods. Must be water or at least a few puddles nearby, he realized.

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