Damaged Goods -- Chapter 8

Erica Jensen Mystery #1

CHAPTER EIGHT

I extracted my cell phone from my shoulder bag and called Blaine, leaving a message to get in touch with me as soon as possible. Then, I went back inside the Kandinsky house.

The time disparity between Melissa’s last phone call with her father and the day she was last seen at school worried me. Perhaps Melissa’s pride kept her from revealing that she had stopped going to class. After all, her father hadn’t approved of her career plans.

I considered other possibilities. Had someone taken Melissa and forced her to call her father? Toward what end? I needed to get more details from Blaine about their last conversation. Given the circumstances, I had no reason to think he would hold anything back.