Chapter 249: Making Jill Talk

Doreen returned to her office, claiming she had work to do though I knew from the haunted look on her face she was just keeping busy. Fair enough. As I turned to exit the building, still on the lookout for Luke though I was fairly sure he'd already left the area, I caught sight of a deputy's car pulling into the parking lot. It didn't take much encouragement for me to pounce on Jill as she emerged from the driver's side, and the grimace on her face told me she wasn't happy to find me there. I tried not to take her attitude personally, knowing it was her reticence to talk about where Crew went that had to be feeding our newfound distance.

"Hey, Fee." Jill sighed, shook her head. "I don't know anything, I swear."