When by Victoria Laurie

Author:Victoria Laurie
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781484711477
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2015-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

The next morning, Donny called to say that he couldn’t get a meeting with the feds until after three, but he’d be by a little after noon to take me to lunch and pick out a new bike.

He showed up at twelve thirty, took one look at me, and broke into a sideways grin. “Afternoon, gorgeous,” he said.

I’d paired my nicest skinny jeans with a camel cashmere hoodie from J. Crew, which Ma had given me last year for Christmas. I’d also blown out my long hair and dabbed on some mascara and lip gloss. Finally, I’d substituted leather booties for my usual sneakers. I figured it was as close to meeting Donny halfway as I was going to get for now.

We had lunch at a sandwich shop in Grand Haven that Donny liked, then headed to the bike shop. And after much debate, I finally got to pick out a new road bike that was light as air and fast as lightning. I was dying to hop right on and take it for a spin, but we needed to get to our appointment with the feds.

We arrived at the bureau a little before three, and Agent Wallace came to the lobby to escort us to Faraday’s office. As we entered, Faraday’s back was to us and he was speaking angrily into his cell. “Jenny, if he wants to try out for the team, then I say he can.” There was a pause, then, “You know what? I can’t listen to this right now. He’s got my okay. Sorry you don’t like it, but what else is new? I’ll expect a call from your attorney.”

Wallace cleared his throat loudly, and Faraday registered our presence. “I gotta go,” he muttered, jabbing at the end button with his thumb. We took our seats, and as we did, I saw Faraday and Wallace exchange a knowing look that seemed to be about the call.

Wallace pulled his chair in from the glass office behind Faraday, and they adopted identical expressions of Yeah?

Donny cleared his throat and reached into his briefcase. He extracted the same envelope he’d been so careful to hide from me, and handed it over to the agents. Faraday took it and opened the flap to peer inside. I saw his eyes widen, and then he dumped out the contents on his desk. Even upside down I could tell that the envelope contained some gruesome crime scene photos. My breath caught, and Donny laid a reassuring hand on my arm.

“What’s this?” Faraday asked, sifting through the contents while Wallace scooted his chair over for a better look.

“That’s a copy of a police file,” Donny said. “A kid named Robert Carter from Willow Mill went missing last August, and his body was found on the banks of the Waliki River about three and a half miles south of where Payton Wyly’s body was found.”

I had to swallow the bit of bile that came up when one of the photos that Faraday was spreading out on his desk caught my eye.

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