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My stomach turns.
“Crazy, huh?”
I look at the Sergeant. “Yeah.”
“First, that movie star goes missing, and now her daddy’s office burns down?” She shakes her head. “I know coincidence when I see it, and that ain’t it.”
I hold my breath. She’s got a point.
Mercer.Who else would have done this?
But why?
“Did you need something, sir?”
To get my attention.
Again.
“Sir?”
Which means…
Christ, what have I done?
“Do you have a public phone?” I ask her.
She points behind me. “Payphone around the corner.”
“Thank you.”
I walk away from the desk and search my pockets for any loose change. I don’t have any but, luckily, I find a quarter in the phone’s coin return slot.
Anger boils within me but this isn’t the place to lose control. I dial a number from memory. It only rings once.
“Iowa, Fox? Really?”
“Where are they?” I ask.
“Oh…” Mercer chuckles. “I see you got my message.”
“Where are they?”
“Patience. Patience. All will be revealed soon.”
I exhale. “What do you want?”
“I want you back,” he says. “Was I not clear enough before?”
“This is extreme, even for you.”
“Desperate times. Our boss is getting a little impatient over this whole ordeal and she wants results, so you understand my desperate ways.”
“She’s your boss, not mine.”
“You can keep telling yourself that all you want, but it won’t change the outcome. Go right ahead and do what you’re gonna do with that file, but I will kill them myself.” He stops to laugh. “What’s little Dani going to think of you then if you let her daddy die for… nothing?”
Dani.She’ll never forgive me. Hell, I’ll never forgive myself.
