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“Thanks. Let me know if you hear from him.”

She ended the call and punched in the digits for the Rapid City Police Department. When it was answered, she gave her name, the company she worked for, and asked to speak with Detective Flowers.

“Flowers.”

“Detective Flowers, this is Presley Parrish. We met a couple of days ago.”

“Refresh my memory, Ms. Parrish. Where did we meet?”

“At the Serenity Shores Police Department.”

“Where is Serenity Shores?”

“Minnesota.”

Flowers laughed. “Impossible. I haven’t been out of town.”

Presley glanced at Dominic.

“Someone with your credentials was here. Do you know who might’ve taken them?”

“No, but I did lose my badge a few weeks ago and had to get a new one. I was sure it was an inside job.”

“Do you have a partner?”

“I do.”

“Is he or she there now?”

“He, and no. He’s on vacation.”

“What’s his name?”

“Eddie Smith.”

Chapter Fourteen

Their call with the real Jed Flowers confirmed it. Eddie Smith was the suspect.

“Smith didn’t tell you where he was going during his time off?” Presley questioned Flowers.

“He mentioned a beach. I assumed it was one in California or Florida, maybe Hawaii. Not Minnesota.”

She ignored his derogatory tone. “Has he been acting strange lately?”

Flowers chuffed a laugh. “What do you mean by lately? The guy has always been an odd duck.”

“Has he talked to you about his father?”

“About him being fired from his job as police captain? Oh, yeah. All the time. Come to think of it, he has been more volatile since it happened. He swears his father was set up by a woman.”

Hello, she was that woman, but it wasn’t a set-up. “When is he scheduled to return home?”

“Not for another three or four days.”

“If you hear from him, please contact Detective Reggie Branch at the Serenity Shores Police Department.” She gave him Reggie’s number.

Flowers sighed. “What did Eddie do?”

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