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Authors: R.J. Belle
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find out if he had already looked into it. The last thing Andrew wanted to do was get in Sutton's way, especially now that he was back on the case, but he was determined to get some answers. He didn't know where to start and figured that he should tell Sutton about his transfer to San Diego.
The forty minute drive to downtown San Diego from Camp Peterson gave Andrew time to think about how he would break it to Sutton that he had no intentions of letting this go, and that he planned on working the case himself. He was sure that Sutton would ask him to stay out of it. If almost two years hadn't elapsed with zero forward movement on the case, he might have complied with a request of that sort. Since there were no developments in the case, Andrew had no choice but to try to do something, anything, there was no way for him to move forward without a resolution.
He pulled into an ACE parking area near the police building on Pacific Avenue and headed up the street towards Sutton's station, on foot. He looked up at the tall buildings and wondered what Laura had seen in this city. She had loved it here, and the last three months of her life she had spent far more time in San Diego than at home. Because of the nature of her business, Andrew didn't know the specific details of what she had been researching here in San Diego, but he knew that she thought the city was stunning and as he looked around he couldn't understand why.
When he arrived at the building Sutton worked out of, he checked in at the main lobby reception area and was asked to have a seat and wait while Sutton was called for. Andrew smiled, knowing that Sutton would be pissed he had shown up unannounced, again. Sutton was an odd man and definitely had his quirks, but Andrew had no doubt that he was giving Laura's case a hundred and ten percent of his time and energy. It was obvious to Andrew that Laura's case growing cold was the main force that had driven Sutton out of retirement and back to the job. The guy wouldn't rest until he nailed the bastard who did this to Laura, and Andrew felt exactly the same.
CHAPTER 16
A ding sound alerted Nate that Kali's avatar had come up on the desktop version of a running app they both used. Technology is amazing Nate thought as he watched Kali's location and route load on the small box within the computer screen. Kali wasn't active on the online site but she had left her privacy settings wide open, and she always mapped out and tracked her run's. This gave Nate a front row seat to see where and when she ran. It also created an extremely easy opening to initiate the next step in his plan to put her back into his life.
It was a glorious morning, the air was crisp and the skies were already bright blue at 6am. Nate decided to take the black Audi TT out. He left the house and made the short commute to the stretch of beach in Carlsbad that Kali was running on. When he arrived at the parking area, he pulled up the running app on his phone and saw that she was about two miles away from passing back by the lot. Knowing how consistent she was with sticking to routine and her run map he got out, stretched and began running in her direction knowing that they would be running right towards each other. How fitting, he thought to himself.
When Nate made it down to the sand, the beach was almost completely empty except for two other runners. He could see Kali running up the beach in his direction, hugging along the water line moving swiftly to the side, away from the water, as the waves rolled in and threatened to get her Nike's wet. He had watched her do this on other occasions, but in this moment, it felt as if he were witnessing this for the first time. The mere sight of her made his heart feel warm, his cold exterior began to melt away and all he wanted was to run towards her, scoop her up in his arms and take her away with him.
As she approached his location, Nate watched her face for a sign of recognition. He was standing there along
The forty minute drive to downtown San Diego from Camp Peterson gave Andrew time to think about how he would break it to Sutton that he had no intentions of letting this go, and that he planned on working the case himself. He was sure that Sutton would ask him to stay out of it. If almost two years hadn't elapsed with zero forward movement on the case, he might have complied with a request of that sort. Since there were no developments in the case, Andrew had no choice but to try to do something, anything, there was no way for him to move forward without a resolution.
He pulled into an ACE parking area near the police building on Pacific Avenue and headed up the street towards Sutton's station, on foot. He looked up at the tall buildings and wondered what Laura had seen in this city. She had loved it here, and the last three months of her life she had spent far more time in San Diego than at home. Because of the nature of her business, Andrew didn't know the specific details of what she had been researching here in San Diego, but he knew that she thought the city was stunning and as he looked around he couldn't understand why.
When he arrived at the building Sutton worked out of, he checked in at the main lobby reception area and was asked to have a seat and wait while Sutton was called for. Andrew smiled, knowing that Sutton would be pissed he had shown up unannounced, again. Sutton was an odd man and definitely had his quirks, but Andrew had no doubt that he was giving Laura's case a hundred and ten percent of his time and energy. It was obvious to Andrew that Laura's case growing cold was the main force that had driven Sutton out of retirement and back to the job. The guy wouldn't rest until he nailed the bastard who did this to Laura, and Andrew felt exactly the same.
CHAPTER 16
A ding sound alerted Nate that Kali's avatar had come up on the desktop version of a running app they both used. Technology is amazing Nate thought as he watched Kali's location and route load on the small box within the computer screen. Kali wasn't active on the online site but she had left her privacy settings wide open, and she always mapped out and tracked her run's. This gave Nate a front row seat to see where and when she ran. It also created an extremely easy opening to initiate the next step in his plan to put her back into his life.
It was a glorious morning, the air was crisp and the skies were already bright blue at 6am. Nate decided to take the black Audi TT out. He left the house and made the short commute to the stretch of beach in Carlsbad that Kali was running on. When he arrived at the parking area, he pulled up the running app on his phone and saw that she was about two miles away from passing back by the lot. Knowing how consistent she was with sticking to routine and her run map he got out, stretched and began running in her direction knowing that they would be running right towards each other. How fitting, he thought to himself.
When Nate made it down to the sand, the beach was almost completely empty except for two other runners. He could see Kali running up the beach in his direction, hugging along the water line moving swiftly to the side, away from the water, as the waves rolled in and threatened to get her Nike's wet. He had watched her do this on other occasions, but in this moment, it felt as if he were witnessing this for the first time. The mere sight of her made his heart feel warm, his cold exterior began to melt away and all he wanted was to run towards her, scoop her up in his arms and take her away with him.
As she approached his location, Nate watched her face for a sign of recognition. He was standing there along
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