Chapter 15

“So what’s the first step to finding him?” Joe asked.

“The same things Mr. Oliver did, only more thoroughly. Check out shelters, find out who his friends are and call them, again. I have a list of them from the last episode. If he’s not with one of them, they might have heard from him. Given the weather I doubt he tried to sleep rough. Besides which, he’s never done that before.”

“I can call the friends. They might be more willing to talk to me than an adult,” Joe offered.

“All right. I’m going to go around to the shelters with his picture. Someone there might recognize him. That’s how I found him the last time. If any of the guys you talk with sound like they’re trying to cover for him, let me know immediately and I’ll swing by their house to see if he’s there.”

“Question. With the bad weather, could he have ended up at a hospital if the cops found him and he had frostbite or…whatever?”