We leave Bianca with Brandy to continue the preliminary stages of the
investigation and head back to the car. We don't acknowledge where
we're going or what that might mean.
"Who was on the phone?" he asks as we pull out of the parking lot.
"The repairman who takes care of the cabin where I stayed in Feath-
ered Nest," I tell him.
"From Feathered nest?" Sam asks, sounding both surprised and wary.
"Why was he calling you?"
"He was doing some cleaning and maintenance around the cabin and
found something under the porch. I must have dropped it while I was
there," I say.
"And?"
His tone makes me look at him incredulously.
"And? And he's going to mail it to me. Why do you ask it like that?"
"I can't imagine that's a place you want to think much about any
more. Like you said, it was really hard on you. I just don't like the idea of
you still being connected to it."
"You don't like the idea? Why? Because of what my therapist said?
Because of the trauma? Or because of Jake?"
I know Sam well enough to know as soon as he found out about my
involvement in the case, he would research to find out everything he
could about it. Which means he was bound to stumble on the articles
that lean heavily into the suggestion about my relationship with Jake.
They didn't name me or come right out and say there was something
going on between us, but there was enough subtext and clever word
choices to make sure readers caught on to exactly what they meant.
His hands tightened on the steering wheel, but he keeps staring straight
ahead.
"I just done think it's a good idea to keep yourself attached to some-
thing like that. it's not good to be so personal with your cases."
My jaw tightens, and my throat aches, but I try to refuse to acknowl-
edge either of them. I'd rather focus on him lecturing me and trying to
sound like he understands what any of this is like for me. The types of
cases we've dealt with and how we've had to deal with them have been
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