Chapter 4

“Well, then.” Frank coughed. “I guess I should tell you what the homicide detectives were asking me.”

“Who asked you questions about Hannah?” I asked.

“This cop, named Gary Bush, out of Pineridge.” I quickly glanced at Noah. Until his retirement, his dad used to work at Pineridge police department.

“He also had another detective with him when I talked to him. This other guy had a Russian sounding name. They asked when I last saw Hannah, how long we’d been seeing each other, that kind of stuff.”

“So tell us what you told them,” Noah asked.

“Well, the last time I saw Hannah was in a rented house in Pineridge. She stayed at one of these short-term rental houses, you know, the ones they rent out to tourists visiting the theme parks, and all. It was probably around September. We were having that heat wave. Hannah called my cell. We had a big fight a few months back, and I wanted to tell her I missed her. I went there to talk to her about getting back together.”