Chapter 48

“Hello. Chief Wilkinson told you we’d be coming. I’m Ronan and this is Dustin,” Ronan introduces them.

“Yes, he did, come in.” Roy leads them into his family room and offers them seats.

Roy inspects them both intently. He looks at Ronan first. And Ronan knows Roy sees sensible hair, conservative clothes, jeans, and a coat, someone who looks like they’d work for the police. Then Roy looks at Dustin, who’s in his big black coat again and his huge boots—Dustin had told him were called creepers. He has on the red skinny jeans again, and Ronan knows nothing about makeup, but he’s sure Dustin is wearing black eyeliner today. Dustin looks good, like he’d fit on a magazine cover doing winter fashion. But Roy really doesn’t look impressed.

“The chief told me one of you used to be a cop, and I’m betting that’s you,” Roy says to Ronan.

“Yes, sir.” Ronan nods.