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She shakes her head. “Nothing. The detective who is looking into Talia’s case stated they have security feed that shows her arriving at work, but they couldn’t find any feed showing when she left. He interviewed a coworker who saw her in the locker room after her shift, so they have a timeframe on when she planned on leaving the hospital. But no one saw her leaving.”
“That’s odd. Maybe she was in a crowd?” Shayna suggests.
“Maybe,” Olivia agrees.
“What about the doctor?” Sasha asks.
“A different detective is working her case. He saw the recording of her leaving the hospital, but no clue about what happened to her.”
“What about their vehicles?” I ask. “Did they drive to work?”
“They both had cars. The cops found Talia’s car abandoned several miles away from the hospital and nowhere near her apartment. They haven’t found the doctor’s car. She had a Mercedes convertible worth over $100,000. The detective made a note that they tried to use the GPS tracking system, but someone deactivated it.”
“You said they have two different detectives working each case. They don’t think the two have a connection?” I ask.
“Not that I can tell. Although, each detective has included comments about the other’s case. They just haven’t stated that they’ve found a reason to link the cases together.”
“I guess it is possible the situations aren’t the same,” Sasha adds.
“I can’t help but feel like they are. But maybe that’s because I learned about them at the same time. I made a list of everyone the detectives have spoken to. Since I know a few of them, I think I might call and talk to them. See if they know anything more.”
Olivia stuffs the documents back into a folder when Nora and Levi exit the kitchen carrying plates piled high with food. They go back and forth from the kitchen before sitting down to join us. As we dig in, the front door opens and Irish enters. He’s wearing a scowl that’s even more pronounced than usual.
He nods at us before focusing on Nora. “I got your greenhouses. Took forever. Doesn’t help that I got a flat tire on the way back. Hope they’re worth the trouble they’ve caused. I’m fucking exhausted.”
“I’m sorry,” Nora says, but he waves away her apology on his way to the kitchen. He returns a few minutes later with his breakfast.
“I can help you unload everything,” Levi offers.
“Where’s Jack? He can do it,” Irish says. “I need some sleep.”
“He’s doing something for Hex,” Cleo says with a yawn. “Hex woke me up when Dixie called early this morning.”
“We can pitch in and help,” Sasha says. “That way, you can get some sleep.”
“No, I’ll help unload and get everything set up,” Irish says. “I can sleep later.”
When we finish eating and clearing the tables, we head outside to unload the SUV. We pull out boxes of metal frames and plastic sheeting. Nora’s plan is to erect mini greenhouses around each bed. To keep us from tripping over each other, the guys take over moving the boxes from the SUV and placing them next to each bed. While we women split up into groups of two and start constructing the greenhouses. Each greenhouse has a metal frame that easily snaps together and plastic sheeting that wraps around the frame. Before long, we’re in a rhythm and have them all set up. Stepping back, we admire the completed project.
“What do you think?” I ask Nora.
“Perfect. We need to add the mist irrigation system and we’re done.”
We laugh when Irish lets out a loud groan.
“Why don’t you take a break? I’m sure we can put it together with Levi’s help,” Sasha says, patting his arm.
He grins at her. “No, I can do it.”
“This looks great!” Jack calls out as he emerges from the path that leads to the future secondary clubhouse. He’s pulling a heavy duty wagon piled with the equipment from the abandoned shack.
“What have you got there?” Irish asks.
“The equipment Mikel was using to spy on us,” Jack says.
“Mikel?” Irish asks with a shout. “He’s here?”
“Yeah, we caught him this morning,” Jack says.
