“Yeah.” There was a long exhalation, then a whispered, “My God. I can’t believe you found him. It’s been so long—I was beginning to think—”
“Yeah,” said Holt, “me, too. But this is bound to lead to the others. Wade and the other boy—”
“Matthew.”
“Right. They were adopted by the same couple. I figure he’s got to know where his brother is.”
“Oh, Holt—this is beyond great. It’s…it’s… Oh, man, I can’t wait to tell Cory. We’re going to find them all, I just know it.” Holt wasn’t sure, but he thought he heard a break in Sam’s voice before she added, “The little girls, too.”
“They’re not little girls anymore,” he said gruffly. “They’re a couple of grown-up women, now. And they were just babies when it all went down. They’re not going to remember.”
“I know. But still.” Holt heard a sniff. Unmistakable, this time.
“Sammie June, darlin’, are you crying? Samantha? Tough-as-nails charter pilot, never let ’em see you—”
There was a quiet click in his ear and the cell phone went dead.
The ringing telephone woke Tee from a restless early morning slumber. Sweaty and achy, she threw back the tumbled covers and stretched her back, trying to work out some of the stiffness resulting from a poor night’s sleep before picking up the phone. Which, by that time, had activated the answering machine. She listened, yawning, to her embarrassingly chirpy outgoing message, then stiffened, suddenly wide awake, when she heard the impatient voice begin its reply.
She snatched it up, shaking and jangled from a burst of adrenaline. “Wade—Detective Callahan—yes, I’m here. What is—”
The detective’s voice was terse. Flat. “Sorry to wake you. We’ve got another one.”
“Oh—God…”
“And, Miss Doyle?”
“Tee—please.”
“Okay, Miss Tee. What you said about our killer not liking uniforms? Well, looks like he was serious about that, because he just killed a cop. She was one of ours.”
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