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had developed over his time at the food truck. No reason for me to kill myself on a tough morning.
    I opened the truck by myself that morning. Fortunately, as Carter had learned, the first two hours of the shift were almost all coffee sales. So I wasn’t feeling too overwhelmed, but as the morning progressed, the realization that I was going to have to do this by myself became clearer.
    I’d worked the truck by myself before, but usually I’d had notice. While it might seem ironic, I knew my numbers well, but food service could still be a mystery to me at times. I would have chalked up Sabine’s absence to the same evil forces that had flattened a tire on Taco Inferno, but with Ryan Pohler gone, I couldn’t think of a legitimate source for causing such trouble. Had someone else gotten to her and paid her to not show up? Perhaps someone had taken her, knowing I’d be lost without her. However, given Land’s warnings, I suspected that she just hadn’t felt like coming to work.
    I used a lull in the customers to try to call Sabine. It rang four times and then went to voicemail. I left a message, trying to sound calm and professional, even though I was thoroughly annoyed under that veneer. Land had warned me about Sabine’s attitudes and moods, but in our few interactions so far, she’d been respectful and punctual. Now she was missing.
    I was debating a call to Land when I saw Detective Danvers in line for a coffee. So I decided to wait on any decisions about calling Land until I’d talked to the ex-boyfriend.
    “Where’s Sabine?” Danvers said as his opening statement to me. He was obviously irritated as he looked around.
    “She’s not here. She hasn’t shown this morning.” I said, being completely honest. “I’m not sure where she is.”
    Danvers rolled his eyes. “Welcome to the world of Sabine Mendoza, who does what she wants when she wants.” His tone said even more than his eyes did at that moment.
    “Is this why you broke up?” I asked, pouring him a coffee so that no one would look askance at us talking. Most customers don’t want their servers to be arguing with the police.
    “No, but that’s not your business. Where is she?” I handed him the coffee, and he didn’t even make a pretense of going for his wallet today. I shrugged it off and poured two more coffees for the men behind him, who already had their cash out.
    “I told you that she’s not here. She didn’t call in, and she hasn’t answered her phone.” When I relayed the story in those terms, it scared me a little. Whatever Danvers decided, I was still going to call Land when I was done with the detective.
    Danvers moved over to the side and pulled out his phone. I went on serving customers as fast as I could while trying to keep an eye on him. Finally, he put the phone back in his pocket and walked back to the front of the line.
    “She’s not answering, and none of her friends know where she is. I’m going to run over there and make sure everything alright,” he spoke quietly, but I could see a bit of fear on his face. Apparently, even if Sabine was gone, she usually let her close friends know. Today she had not.
    “Why did you come to see her today? Are you getting back together?” I asked, wanting to try to understand all that was happening here.
    “No, I found out that a very attractive woman with a very slight accent was asking questions yesterday at the café where Ryan Pohler was last seen alive. She called last night again to ask another question, according to the manager.”
    “The manager called you about the message?” I asked, trying to keep him talking while I tried to make sense of the situation. Sabine and I had discussed our future plans, but from the sound of it, she’d called the café after we’d talked to Bernadette last night.
    “No, we went there today. I recognized the background of the photos you took. We’re trying to get a lead on the people who passed the phony cash.” I thought about the