Hunting Human
“Chase dropped a stack of papers next to Braden’s morning coffee.
“And?” Braden asked, resisting the urge to leaf through the documents. Possible scenarios had kept him up half the night, dragging him around in circles.
“The report has a few gaps.” His dad poured himself the last of the coffee, glanced into the hallway and reached into the back of a cabinet, withdrawing a few packets of sugar. “Your mother’s taken all the fun out of my diet. She thinks she’s replaced all the sugar with a crappy ...imitation.”
Braden smiled over the rim of his cup, palmed the wrappers off the counter and disposed of the evidence. “Gaps?”
“Right. First, as far as we can tell, she was pretty straight with you about a lot of things.”
“Apparently not the ones that mattered.”
“Well, she was honest about who she was.” Chase straddled one of the high-backed bar stools, rocking it forward onto two legs. “Her full name is Elizabeth Williams. We think she used to go by Liz.”
“Uh-huh.”MoreLess
“And?” Braden asked, resisting the urge to leaf through the documents. Possible scenarios had kept him up half the night, dragging him around in circles.
“The report has a few gaps.” His dad poured himself the last of the coffee, glanced into the hallway and reached into the back of a cabinet, withdrawing a few packets of sugar. “Your mother’s taken all the fun out of my diet. She thinks she’s replaced all the sugar with a crappy ...imitation.”
Braden smiled over the rim of his cup, palmed the wrappers off the counter and disposed of the evidence. “Gaps?”
“Right. First, as far as we can tell, she was pretty straight with you about a lot of things.”
“Apparently not the ones that mattered.”
“Well, she was honest about who she was.” Chase straddled one of the high-backed bar stools, rocking it forward onto two legs. “Her full name is Elizabeth Williams. We think she used to go by Liz.”
“Uh-huh.”MoreLess
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