Fatal Flashback
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“Yeah.” Pete didn’t immediately leave, though. Instead he walked her to the SUV.
She opened the back passenger door, pulled out Jane’s pink backpack and held it out for Ricci. “Find, Ricci.”
“What are you doing?” Pete looked perplexed yet interested. “You’re not going to disturb the crime scene, are you?”
“No, of course not.” The uniforms who’d been called to investigate the report of an injured man on the parkway had placed crime tape around the area. “But I can search beyond it.”
“I guess.” Pete’s expression was doubtful.
“I don’t have to pick up Jane from day care until five, which gives me some time to investigate.”
Pete nodded. He didn’t seem anxious to get back to the ambulance, even when Kim gave the horn an impatient tap.
“Thanks for the ride.” Faith tucked the backpack inside her SUV, then turned to Ricci, who was sniffing around the vehicle. He alerted right near the spot where the crime scene was, then veered along the side of the road, heading east.
Excitement surged and she praised her partner for a job well done. This must be the way Logan had come before he’d been stabbed. Had the assailant been with him, or had he gone alone? And why had her ex-husband been out here anyway? There was no abandoned vehicle nearby, forcing her to assume someone had driven Logan here, then stabbed him, before taking off.
She pulled the flashlight off her utility belt and crouched down to examine the area, searching for blood.
Nothing. Which meant Logan must have walked this way prior to being stabbed.
Ricci moved forward. She abruptly stood to follow just as the sharp echo of gunfire rang out.
“Ricci!” Faith dived toward her K-9 partner, anxious to prevent him from being injured, all too conscious of the fact that her dark uniform would be glaringly obvious against the backdrop of white snow.
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Fatal Flashback
Copyright © 2019 by Kellie VanHorn
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