Page 61 of Rescued Faith

“Found it!” Jude rushed back into the bullpen. He picked up the tablet and typed something into it. “This is him.” He flipped it back around to show them.

“That’s him all right.” Penny glared at the picture. Same brown eyes, dark hair, dark skin. She read the name underneath. “Alonzo Jones? No way is that guy a Jones.”

“His mother is Lupe Reyes, Diego Sosa’s half sister.”

“So this is Diego’s nephew? And how did we not know he had a nephew?” Olivia asked.

“Lupe grew up with a different father, here in the US. But going back, now we can trace travels to the same area Diego grew up in. They were family. We just didn’t know. And it looks like Lupe was only sixteen when Alonzo was born. He lived with the Jones family in California as a child. Recently changed his last name this year to…”

“Sosa.” Penny folded her arms. “So what is he doing here?”

“That’s what we need to find out. But since this is where his uncle died, I can’t imagine it’s anything good.” Jude’s brow wrinkled. “He’s been in Colorado for the last five years. No record. No issues.”

“So are they working with that militia or the gangs?” Tony asked.

“Good question.” Olivia Tazwell perched on the edge of Tony’s desk.

“Whatever it is, we need to get to the bottom of it.” Penny stood. “Ready to go back to interrogation, Brooks?”

“Let’s give it another shot.”

“This time I’m coming in with you.” Penny wanted to look this girl in the eye.

“Leave the talking to me and we have a deal.”

“We’ll watch from the side room.” Olivia pointed at herself and Anthony.

Emma lifted her head off the table as they walked in, but didn’t say anything.

“Anything else I can get for you, Miss Kemper?” Jude asked her.

“What is she doing here?” Emma’s surprise quickly morphed into a glare aimed at Penny.

“Yup. I’m still alive. Your brother’s bomb didn’t kill me.” Penny sat across from her. Jude took the seat next to Penny.

“So, where did you and Alonzo meet?” Jude asked.

Emma gave them a mean stare and nothing else.

“Looks like he didn’t have it easy growing up either. Single teen mother. Raised by another family. The Joneses.”

The girl went still.

Jude continued. “Did you bond over that? Difficult childhoods and everything?”

“What would you know?”

Ah. Hit a nerve. Now they were getting somewhere.

“ You two obviously have a deep connection. But what you might not realize here is that this isn’t going to end well for Alonzo, whether his last name is Jones or Sosa. You would be helping him out by preventing more charges.”

“You have no idea what he’s capable of.”

Jude shrugged. “We already know where he is. Already pieced a lot of the plan together. I’m only giving you a chance to help yourself here.”

“Oh, you know the plan?” Emma gave them a look of mock surprise.

“We know enough.”

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