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Catherine cleared her throat. “Matt, Kara is right. If Marcy can be talked down, it won’t be me—she knows I’m a psychiatrist and would assume she’s being judged or analyzed. It could escalate the situation. She has high intelligence, and as a law enforcement officer, she would know what my role is. Kara has already developed a rapport with her.”
Kara was surprised that Catherine agreed with her so easily.
“However, we all must be very careful,” Catherine continued. “Something happened today to escalate this behavior. Why now? Marcy Anderson has been on the island for over a year.”
“Friday,” Kara said. “It’s the only thing that makes sense.”
Catherine frowned but said nothing.
“You know what I’m thinking,” Kara said. That pleased her. Maybe she and Catherine weren’t as different as she thought.
“I don’t know that we can make that leap.”
Matt said, “What leap?”
“Avila didn’t set the bombs,” Kara said. “Marcy did.”
Matt shook his head. “That’s not logical, and we have no evidence to indicate such.”
“I’ll learn the truth when I talk to her,” Kara said. “Cal was the target, but she certainly knew about Neil’s investigation. I think Marcy knew a lot more about it than she told us. In fact, I think she was helping Neil, just to find out what he knew and how she could use that information to benefit her. I think she knew Neil was looking specifically at Avila, and that’s what gave her the idea to bomb theWater Lily. But right now we’re wasting time, we have to go.”
A door slammed. Cal had taken off. Michael ran after him.
“Shit,” Kara mumbled. “Catherine, I have questions for you, drive with me. I’ll leave you around the bend from the cabin. Everyone else will follow.”
Cal was screaming outside, and Kara stepped out.
“We have ten minutes to drive forty minutes! She’s going to kill my family. I should have gone. I should be there!”
“Text her and tell her you’re on your way, you’ll turn on your location and share it with her to prove it.”
“No!”
“Yes. I’ll take your phone with me.”
“I’m going with you! Hazel is three years old. She’s just a baby.” His voice cracked.
Matt said, “Michael, you can take Cal with you, following the tactical van. I have the sheriff read in, and he’s doing this off-radio—him and his three most trusted deputies. One in the van with us, and two in a patrol boat. They’ve already left for the other side of the island. Let’s go.”
He turned to Kara. “Short leash, Kara. You’ll wear a wire. It’s small, state-of-the-art, not easy to detect.”
She knew better than to argue. The feds did things differently than LAPD Special Operations, where she’d worked undercover, but the wire was a good idea. They needed to know what she knew in order to save Hazel and Jamie.
Kara asked Cal for his phone. He unlocked it, told her the pass code, and she glanced through his messages to see how he texted and adapted his style.
i’m coming! i couldn’t help it i’m sorry. don’t hurt Jamie, don’t touch Hazel i promise i did everything u said. Damon was arrested for the bombs and i couldn’t leave wec, but i didn’t say a word god i swear plz! i just shared my location with u.
She showed the message to Catherine, who nodded. Kara hit Send.
She still had Cal’s keys. “I’m taking your truck.”
“She’s going to know that it’s all a setup when you get out of the truck,” Cal cried. “Let me go. Please, this is my family. I’ll die to save them, I don’t care.”
“If she kills you, she’ll kill everyone,” Catherine said.
Kara concurred. “Trust me,” she said, though she was beginning to feel out of her element here.
Catherine followed her out.
