“Wait, so you guys want to try and figure out what is going on?” Georgia’s expression is skeptical. “Like who did it? I just want to be clear here because that’s kind of crazy.”
“We could do nothing,” Grant offers.
“That’s not going to work for me.” I can’tnottell the cops and pretend I didn’t see a dead woman. That’s not who I am even if I wanted to be. It will drive me crazy while simultaneously eating at me.
“I know,” Georgia says in understanding. The world is a terrible place because of the people that choose to look away, and I won’t be one of those people. It already bothers me that I might have looked away far more than I should have when it came to my father’s depression and drinking.
“Then what’s your plan, Kate Warne?” Luke asks me.
“I like that more than Buttercup.” Georgia smiles. Guess these two are all chummy now. That should make me happy. I told Luke not to be a dick to her, but damn.
“Kate Warne?” Grant asks what I myself was wondering too.
“She was the first female detective. She actually saved Abraham Lincoln’s life,” Georgia tells us.
“He was assassinated.” I state the obvious because that much I know.
“He was, but she saved him the first time. Four years prior to his death.”
“By Booth in the theater with a gun?”
“You got it,” Georgia laughs. I find it very intriguing that Luke knows all about Kate Warne. I’m starting to think there is a whole lot more to Luke. Great, he’s smart too.
“So?” Luke asks again.
“Be careful putting me in charge.”
“Thought you already were.”
“And you’ll go along?” I ask him, knowing I do want his help.
“If I don’t go, you don’t go,” he states in a tone I haven’t heard from him before.
“Excuse me?” What the hell does that mean?
“Time is ticking. Aren’t the first forty-eight hours the most important during an investigation?”
“Yes,” Georgia answers for me. Not that I knew the answer. “Solving the case is cut in half if you don’t get a lead in time.”
“Then we should get cracking.” Luke stands. “Where to, Buttercup?” I think for a moment, not sure.
“When you’re not sure what to do next, you go back to the beginning.”
“The boathouse.” Luke confirms what I’m saying.
“What are you hoping to find at the boathouse?” Georgia asks.
“It’s the only thing we have to go on really. We see if we missed anything yesterday. Take a more thorough look around.”
“I could search online too about her. Social media and things.”
“That’s a good idea. It will clue us in to who she hung out with and the places she went to often.” Georgia nods in agreement, and I know her mind is going full throttle in a million different directions now that’s she’s all in with me on this. “Can we go to the boathouse, or will that be an issue?”
“I mean, Caleb’s place is a party house for the most part, but a bunch of the team went to Devil’s Lake tonight.” Luke says.
“Why aren’t you two at Devil’s Lake?” I ask, more curiously than I should.
“I have to babysit Luke,” Grant quips, making me snort a laugh. No one else finds this funny.
