Chapter 5

It’s still light when he finds a motel. Ronan checks in and takes his things to his room. He unpacks a little, hanging up a few bits of clothing, putting his toiletries in the bathroom. Ronan sets up the desk with his laptop and the file on the case, with some folders and notebooks to make his own file on the case.

Ronan opens the file that Chris had given him that morning. Ann Beth Green went missing three days ago from her room, in the middle of the night. Ronan writes down the address of the college and her sorority house on a scrap of paper torn out of a notebook, and then he’s on the move again. The drive was long and tiring, but Ronan can’t bring himself to take a nap before he gets started.