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“How long has Ava known him?”
“Since coming here, like I told you.”
“You’re sure?”
“That’s what I know. Zander’s harmless enough surely… well he seems that way.”
“People can be good guys on the outside, but once you dig deeper they’re evil.”
“I don’t know, I mean he’s not my favorite person, but most people seem to like him.”
The sigh came from his toes.
“I guess so, it’s just a lot to take in right now. I mean, she’s got her whole life to live, but before she does, she’s facing one hell of a battle.”
“But now she has you and Charlie to help her with that.”
He looked at her, but Piper wasn’t entirely sure he was focusing, because that FBI profiler brain of his was trying to work through what was going on with his sister and how to fix it. This time she doubted the answers would be that easy to find.
Chapter 28
Dylan handed Grace back to Piper as his cell started to ring.
“Excuse me, I need to take this call,” he said, noting the ID. “Mickey.”
“Hey, Dylan, how’s it going there?”
“Yeah, I’ve had better days, man. What you got for me?”
“You remember that case we were called into. Guy’s name was Troy Fielder?”
“Yes.” Dylan remembered it, all right. Fielder had been their worst nightmare as profilers. Intelligent, bordering on genius, and the most mentally unstable man they’d ever encountered. He’d kidnapped three women so he could torture them. Dylan had been the one who broke the case. He’d managed to get in the guy’s head and work out his next move, but not before Troy Fielder had murdered the women.
“What about him?”
“This business with your sister, I can link it back to that diner in Queens he spent all his time emailing those women from.”
“What?” Dylan stopped in the street. Piper looked up at him. “He’s inside, Mickey. No way could he be involved.”
“I know that, Dylan, because I checked. Plus, I checked if he had access to anything he could be doing this on, and no he doesn’t. In fact, he’s pretty much been in solitary for a year, because he’s a target. Seems the other inmates don’t like him.”
“Shame,” Dylan said, trying to slow his breathing. “Are you sure about this, Mickey?”
“I had Sylvie look it over. Whoever did this to your sister made one mistake in his rerouting through a VPN, and I traced it back to that diner in Queens.”
“Well fuck,” Dylan said, then waved his hand at Piper to apologize for speaking that way in front of Grace.
“Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. This is someone who’s as smart as Fielder. Lucky for us he made one mistake.”
“Give me a second, Mickey.” Dylan lowered his phone. “You go on into A.S., I’ll follow when I’m done,” Dylan said to Piper.
Nodding, she threw him a questioning look as she walked away. With his eyes on her lovely long legs, he lifted the phone back to his ear. He then went on to explain to Mickey what else had been going on with his family.
“Okay, let’s not panic here, because Fielder’s inside and it could be just coincidence all this other stuff happening, but it’s cause for concern. No doubting that.”
“Huge fucking cause for concern,” Dylan said as acid churned in his gut. “I testified at his trial, he knows who I am and that my evidence helped put him away.”
“Copycat, or someone close to him may be working on his behalf, or a family member,” Mickey said. “He’s a sick bastard and plays games. Doing this to you, and from that diner, would be something he’d enjoy.”
