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“Anything?” Grange asked as they climbed back into the car.
“No solid leads on Carla’s whereabouts. Her friends haven’t seen her.”
“Do you think they were telling the truth?”
Elena noticed he asked the question of Jed, not her.
“Yes. They all know Elena, and seemed to have no reason to lie to her.”
“Hell. We’re back to square one.”
Elena folded her hands together on her lap and stared down at them.
Grange leaned forward in the seat and rubbed her shoulder. “We’ll find her. I promise.”
She nodded, but the more time that went by, the more she realized how she’d allowed her mother to slip away. She’d gotten so wrapped up in her life, in distancing herself from her mom, that she had no idea what her mother had been doing with her life. Her mom had all these secret plans about changing her life that she knew nothing about, because while her mother had been passing in and out of her life, Elena hadn’t taken any time to sit down with her and just ask her what was going on. She couldn’t recall when they’d last had lunch or dinner, or taken a few hours to sit down and talk with each other.
That was her fault. She liked her mother to check in now and then so she could be sure she was okay. Other than that, she really wanted nothing to do with her.
Had she subconsciously tried to push her mother out of her life?
Maybe that was why her mom was making all those changes . . . all those plans. She had no idea. And now she might never have the chance to ask her what those plans were. Even worse, her mom might not have the chance to act on them.
Grange’s phone rang. He picked it up.
“Okay, when? Where? Two locations? That’s not possible. Give me the in
tel on both.”
Elena turned in her seat to see Grange jotting down notes.
“Got it. Thanks.”
He hung up and instructed Jed to find a spot to pull over. He was on the beach highway, so he pulled over at a lookout point.
“Carla’s credit card is showing usage.”
Elena’s heart rate sped up. “That’s good, right? It’s a lead.”
“Could be. Problem is, it showed simultaneous usage at two different points of origin.”
“You mean the card was used at two different places at the same time?” Elena asked.
Grange nodded.
“Were they online purchases? She shops online sometimes if she borrows Mitzie’s computer.”
“No. They were in person.”
“It’s a trap,” Pete said.
Grange nodded. “That’s what I’m thinking.”
“We need to get Elena back to the island,” Pete said.
“No,” she said. “We need to follow those leads.”
“Jed and I will follow the leads,” Grange said. “We have to keep you safe.”
