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Ashley Taylor.”
Gallagher knew he was beaten.
He cursed to himself, “ That damn broad! No wonder Arch divorced her. What a big mouth.”
He feebly tried one last time to keep his fingers in the dike before the water gushed through, “Oh, Mrs. Taylor told you that her daughter is missing? That’s news to me.”
“Yes, Detective Gallagher, here is some more news to you. Ashley Taylor is sitting down with me on camera and doing an exclusive interview tonight on Channel Two. Care to fill in some of the details so we get the story straight?”
Gallagher was furious, but he remained calm on the outside, “No details to give. A girl is walking across the campus and vanishes in thin air. Beyond that I have no comment.”
Cherise had her notebook out and was writing everything he said, “You think she is a runaway?”
Gallagher nodded slightly, “It is one of the scenarios we are pursuing, possibly.”
“On the record the Athens police believe Allison Taylor ran away?”
“Whoa. Hold on here!” Gallagher exclaimed, “I have no official comment on the surety of this girl’s disappearance. This investigation is in its initial stages. Scratch that I even half agreed with you. In all honesty, we don’t know what happened.”
“Fair enough, Gallagher,” she purred. “Off the record, what do you think happened to her?”
“What I believe off the record?” He glanced at her notebook. She closed it and smiled at him.
“Off the record, I think she was abducted. She is not the kind of girl to run away or play a practical joke on her friends and family.
There is a possibility she went voluntarily to help out a friend. We are checking into whether she had any enemies who may have wanted her out of the way. That’s all we have for right now.
I would appreciate it if you would go slow on reporting this. Can you cancel your interview tonight?”
The newswoman shook her head, “No, sorry. The station wants this interview and beyond the ratings value, we think it’s a good idea to get the word out and let everyone in Georgia see this girl’s face.
Someone may have seen her and could help us find her. I would think you would be in favor of that, detective.”
Gallagher snorted, “I want to find the girl. There are benefits to you covering this and to the potential leads we are going to get in locating her.
But, it is a giant pain in the butt to work with the press and guaranteed to unleash all the idiots out there who will now be calling to inform us they saw her at a 7/11 in Chattanooga. I was hoping we could find her quickly and move on with our lives.”
“It’s too late for that, detective. Here’s my card. I would appreciate it if you have any new information. Give me a call. I would like to work closely with you on this. Have a good day, sir.”
He looked down at the card and realized that now all hell was about to break loose. At that moment he wished he were on a plane somewhere to a deserted island.
The kind that didn’t have any electricity.
Chapter Ten-the Roommate
Gallagher found Elie by the coffee machine and told her about his encounter with Cherise Cannon. “I saw her go into your office, Mike. That’s why I stayed away. I don’t want my face plastered on the news right now.”
He smiled, “Smart girl, Larsen, let me see you out. I think she’s gone
Gallagher knew he was beaten.
He cursed to himself, “ That damn broad! No wonder Arch divorced her. What a big mouth.”
He feebly tried one last time to keep his fingers in the dike before the water gushed through, “Oh, Mrs. Taylor told you that her daughter is missing? That’s news to me.”
“Yes, Detective Gallagher, here is some more news to you. Ashley Taylor is sitting down with me on camera and doing an exclusive interview tonight on Channel Two. Care to fill in some of the details so we get the story straight?”
Gallagher was furious, but he remained calm on the outside, “No details to give. A girl is walking across the campus and vanishes in thin air. Beyond that I have no comment.”
Cherise had her notebook out and was writing everything he said, “You think she is a runaway?”
Gallagher nodded slightly, “It is one of the scenarios we are pursuing, possibly.”
“On the record the Athens police believe Allison Taylor ran away?”
“Whoa. Hold on here!” Gallagher exclaimed, “I have no official comment on the surety of this girl’s disappearance. This investigation is in its initial stages. Scratch that I even half agreed with you. In all honesty, we don’t know what happened.”
“Fair enough, Gallagher,” she purred. “Off the record, what do you think happened to her?”
“What I believe off the record?” He glanced at her notebook. She closed it and smiled at him.
“Off the record, I think she was abducted. She is not the kind of girl to run away or play a practical joke on her friends and family.
There is a possibility she went voluntarily to help out a friend. We are checking into whether she had any enemies who may have wanted her out of the way. That’s all we have for right now.
I would appreciate it if you would go slow on reporting this. Can you cancel your interview tonight?”
The newswoman shook her head, “No, sorry. The station wants this interview and beyond the ratings value, we think it’s a good idea to get the word out and let everyone in Georgia see this girl’s face.
Someone may have seen her and could help us find her. I would think you would be in favor of that, detective.”
Gallagher snorted, “I want to find the girl. There are benefits to you covering this and to the potential leads we are going to get in locating her.
But, it is a giant pain in the butt to work with the press and guaranteed to unleash all the idiots out there who will now be calling to inform us they saw her at a 7/11 in Chattanooga. I was hoping we could find her quickly and move on with our lives.”
“It’s too late for that, detective. Here’s my card. I would appreciate it if you have any new information. Give me a call. I would like to work closely with you on this. Have a good day, sir.”
He looked down at the card and realized that now all hell was about to break loose. At that moment he wished he were on a plane somewhere to a deserted island.
The kind that didn’t have any electricity.
Chapter Ten-the Roommate
Gallagher found Elie by the coffee machine and told her about his encounter with Cherise Cannon. “I saw her go into your office, Mike. That’s why I stayed away. I don’t want my face plastered on the news right now.”
He smiled, “Smart girl, Larsen, let me see you out. I think she’s gone
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