chapter 21

Brian left the michael's house and found a bar and a cheap motel on the same lot as each other. He started drinking early. He drank and try not to think about the fact that not only had he killed the wrong man but an 11 year old and her father knew about it.he drank more and tried no to think about the fact he had just ripped open the worst wound a parent can experience. and he didn't even have the authority to find a answer.He had drank some more and tried not to imagine Mackenzie crying out for him in the back seat of Lorra's car, of Lorra hating him with every fiber of her being.Before he got around to thinking about Mitch. he was out cold.

A hangover had him in the morning.But so did new determination.He nursed the hangover with a gallon of coffee and a handful of aspirin.then found the local police station and told them about the present investigation to keep a deputy close to Bree.

He made a phone call to the FBI agent who might listen to him, though he couldn't say they had parted on good terms. Then he put the maxima on the road and turned it loose. ready to go back to panama city and do whatever is necessary to nail the bastard who wasn't Anthony Russel,.For Gloria For the Russel's For Bree and her dad.

For himself.

But he wasn't prepared for what Phil had learned.

Phil handed him two pieces of paper The top page was an email saying see attachment and the bottom page..

Brian stared.

"They found her in the woods about two hours ago."

Brian's brain simply stalled he couldn't make sense of the photo. A woman shot in the head, a smudge or line on her temple.she was posed. as Jessica Davis was. and naked from the waist down.Her eyes appeared unharmed. But her legs.... Brian had never seen anything like it.

"It happened last night"Phil said.

"I don't know what to say?"Brian said."This is our guy? He didn't do anything like this to the Seattle woman or Gloria."

"Not to the legs but the gunshot wound is the same caliber same placement of the bullet and the line is going to turn out the same eyebrow pencil.wait and see. Same MO being taken in her own car killed in the woods car found not to far away and wiped clean. The only thing different is the legs."

"postmortem?" Brian asked "There is no blood?

"He cleaned her up."

Brian cringed then remembered."Did Sarra get any phone calls?"

"No but this Vic didn't have a phone. I have the Phone company on the lookout for anything coming in to Sarra's number anyplace between here and there pay phones, anything. are your taps in place? Not that I know anything about them?"

"Yea it won't be in a real time because a call has to go through my guy first but if a call comes through Sarra's lines we can route a recording here within a few Min's."

"If a call comes. If it doesn't then she might be out of it. Maybe he really is some perv who started calling her random."

Scary dreams that make her cry...

Brian drew a Beth He needed oxygen, "I want to talk to her."

"I have got a tail on her."

"No I mean I want to talk to her and tell her what is going on let her explain."

"Why?" Something happen between you too that I need to know. Something that made her stop hating her guts.?"

"I am done worrying about lawsuits we have to put the murders in front of her."

"Fine but here with her lawyer."

"Damn it just give me an hour she has a kid a career a home  she's not going anywhere."

Phil glared at him."If she gets a phone call that shows this bullet is from the same gun as Davis..."

"Then pull her in I won't stop you."

"I will find out where she is" He picked up the phone and Brian stepped outside to check his own messages Nothing no voice mail from Sarra Jane saying I made a terrible mistake and I need you Nothing from Mitch neither.. damn it,.

'Phil stepped into the hallway holding out the phone." Jim Billings."

Brian took it." Billings this is Brian fuller."

"Hey Brian I told this to Phil but he wants you to hear it for your self, she is at frank park right now watching some sort of kids t ball game. But do you wanna know where she went first.?"

Brian asked"Where?"

"The shooting range."

Brian was speechless. Sarra Jane did more that just carry a gun she was brushing up her aim..