Page 16 of Wired Justice

“Time to update Freitan, at least. We’ve got a lead. We need to share it.” Jake made prayer hands. “Please, Sophie. You call her.”

Sophie laughed. “Big bad Jake is scared of the detective! All right, I will call her.” She dialed the detective directly, and he listened to Sophie updating Freitan on speakerphone.

“All right. I’ll put out a Be On Look Out for this couple. Can’t do anything more at the moment.” The woman’s voice came through a bit fuzzy.

“What about the dead family? What’s happening there?” Sophie asked.

“Can’t discuss it, unfortunately. But I will say—that idea you had? Spot on.” Freitan clicked off.

Sophie looked at Jake. “So, I was right. That family who was murdered was in Witness Protection. There must be some kind of leak.”

A WITSEC leak was serious. “I don’t see what we can do about that,” Jake said. “The Marshal Service doesn’t like working with local law enforcement, let alone private investigators.”

“I do not know what we can do either,” Sophie said, but she was frowning thoughtfully as she walked toward the ticket booth, away from Jake. What was she thinking? Jake wished he knew.

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