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“Third ex-wife told him that Scott was Colton’s therapist. Sam found an interview video Scott did from his living room. It’s the same living room in the videos.”
“Let me google Scott,” Connor said, then cursed a minute later. “Reeves is right. There’s a video online and it’s the same living room.”
Navarro cleared his throat. “I’m sending uniforms to his offices and to his house right now to make sure he doesn’t leave.”
“Offices?” Connor asked. “His office is here. In this building.”
“One of them,” Navarro said, sounding like he was barely holding on. “He has another office. Oh fuck.”
“What?” Kit demanded.
“The address. I hadn’t been there in years, not since he got the office here. I wouldn’t have recognized it offhand. It’s in the building where Driscoll worked.”
“Does he live there, too?” Kit asked. “In one of those penthouses?”
“No. He has a waterfront place on Mission Beach.”
“All right,” Connor said calmly. “I’ll coordinate uniforms to all the places. Kit, you just get yourself back here in one piece. Do I need to send someone to drive you?”
“No. I’m okay to drive. See you soon.”
She ended the call and rested her head on the steering wheel, trying to catch her breath. Her phone rang again, and she answered it without checking the screen. “Connor?”
“No, honey, it’s Pop.”
“Pop,” she breathed. Just the person she needed to hear right now.
“Where are you, honey? I was waiting outside for an hour, but you guys didn’t come out. I’m in the coffee shop now, but you’re not here.”
Her racing heart stopped. “What? What are you talking about, Pop?”
“You texted Rita,” Harlan said, his voice now echoing her anxiety. “Told her to meet you at the coffee shop near your office. I dropped her off, just like you said in your text. I waited at the curb for an hour, but she never came out. I came in to find her, but she’s not here. Neither are you. What’s happening?”
“Pop.” Kit gasped for air as the possibilities bounced around her mind. It couldn’t be. Scott didn’t know about Rita.
But he did.
Because I told him.
“I didn’t text Rita.”
“What?” Harlan whispered. “Kit, what’s happening?”
“Stay where you are. I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
Her hands had only been trembling before. Now they were full-out shaking as she redialed Navarro. Tears clogged her throat and her voice came out thick and raspy. “Rita Mendoza is gone.”
She heard the echo of the room as Navarro put her on speaker. “Who? Wait. You mean Maria Mendoza’s daughter? Your foster sister? Did she run away?”
Fury exploded within her. She’d heard those words before, when Wren disappeared.
“No. She did not run away. She was tricked into meeting me. Just like Skyler was tricked into meeting Sam. Scott has her.”
“How does he know about her?” Connor asked.
Kit tried to swallow the sob, but it broke free. “Because I told him about her in my last session. I told him.”
“Fucking hell,” Navarro breathed. “Come back, Kit.”
