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She could have kept going and told him about almost seeing a little girl get her throat slit, about how the smell of death kept following her around, but she didn’t. Even she couldn’t handle that much pathetic.
She pressed her forehead to her knees and swallowed, trying to fight her need to cry.
“What is Burnett saying?” Steve asked.
“He just keeps telling me it’s not as bad as it seems. But the police have a weapon with my dad’s DNA on it. Or rather my uncle’s DNA, but they don’t know he’s alive.”
Steve frowned. “I can see how that’s hard on you. What is this?” he asked, pointing to the papers.
“That’s the DA’s file on the case.”
“Wow, you got it?”
“Burnett did. I’ve been trying to find something that might help.”
Steve picked it up. “Do you mind? Maybe you need a fresh pair of eyes.”
* * *
Chase clicked the button to put the top up on his car. He hit the locks, and then started walking toward the door. No doubt they were waiting for him by now.
He tilted his head to the side and listened to see if they were talking. He heard a duck call to a mate on the lake, a fish splash in the water, and a motor on someone’s boat move down the lake.
But not a word came from the house.
He walked up the length of the driveway. The hair on the back of his neck stood up. Sensing that someone was watching him, he looked up, and just then the drapes in the front window fluttered back into place.
He ran a hand over the back of his neck, fighting the crazy sensation that trouble waited. But this was Kirk, he told himself. He trusted him.
Didn’t he? Right then Chase saw two guards standing at the back of the property.
“Is this a bad time?” Chase asked, knowing the council inside were listening.
“Yeah, but you’re already here,” came Kirk’s reply. “Come on in.”
* * *
“They never arrested your dad back then, right?” Steve asked Della when he finished reading.
“No,” Della said. “But according to Derek’s detective buddy, who read the old case file, he was the only suspect. They just didn’t have enough proof to take it to court.”
Steve looked back at the file. “So we know he called 911, but then he says he couldn’t remember anything. Was he checked for a concussion?”
“The file doesn’t even say if he was taken to the hospital. My dad’s not much help. He says he doesn’t remember, and my uncle told Chase that when he got to the house my dad was unconscious.”
