Shield Of Refuge. Carol Steward

      “Someone had to do it. The doctor was looking for volunteers,” Garrett replied, hoping Chavez was in a better mood than he looked. “I’m not kidding. She just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time twice tonight.”

      Nick glanced at their supervisor then back to Garrett. “Sounds like you’ll heal, you’re cranky enough to scare any real damage away,” his brother said with a laugh, trying to lighten the mood.

      “Did you find anything on the missing girl?”

      Lieutenant Chavez shook his head. “I think Ms. Scott has an active imagination.”

      Nick’s expression wasn’t as clear. “There’s still a BOLO out, so every officer in the county will be watching for her.”

      “May as well inform Wyoming by now. If I’d stuffed a body into a car, I wouldn’t stick around,” Garrett muttered.

      “We took Ms. Scott to the location she recalls seeing the incident, but didn’t find anything to support her claim of a struggle,” his supervisor insisted.

      “Not an abandoned car? Nothing?” His headache was getting worse. “It was in the area of the university, right? Maybe it was a coed who was going to work, or…”

      “Ms. Scott insists the girl was getting into a yellow SUV. It was there, but the door was closed, and the vehicle is registered to a twenty-five-year-old male. We haven’t located him yet,” Lieutenant Chavez said. “We’ll need to wait for a missing person report to come in.”

      Garrett looked at his brother in disbelief. Nick didn’t look any happier than Garrett felt right now.

      “Amber Scott saw something. She was not making it up.” That woman couldn’t lie if her life depended upon it. He’d stake his life on that. He just had to figure out how to convince the lieutenant to find the suspect before he hurt anyone else. Especially before he realized someone from Parties Galore actually had witnessed the crime.