Only, they had work to do, and now that they’d managed to locate the missing dog, they’d start doing it.
“Okay, now that is handled, Ivan, stay with the dog, and we’ll check the place out.”
He laughed.
“Absolutely not. He doesn’t like me. He’s eyeing me up. The second you leave, he’s killing me.”
She snorted.
“You’re a grown man. Get your kids another pet. Hey, need a dog?”
He didn’t hesitate.
“NO.”
She didn’t think so.
Anyone who knew her knew that she was saving a dog, and saving a soldier. That was kind of her thing. Oh, she’d ask Jonathan’s family, when she did the notify, if they wanted his dog, but if they said no, she was keeping him.
At least she was predictable.
As she began moving around, Shadow was…well, a shadow. It appeared he’d found another person to tail, and there wasn’t going to be a way to stop that.
And she let him.
She was comfortable with a German Shepherd being up her ass. It was like being at home. Plus, she missed her dogs back in DC at the house with security.
Moving through the area, she checked to see if there was anything that might give her any idea about who might have snuck up on Jonathan Miller.
Why?
Because she wasn’t buying that it was coincidence.
In fact, Elizabeth was betting that he was killed to clean up loose ends. This wasn’t going to be a coincidence. This killer was proving to be very smart, and even more cautious.
After twenty minutes of wandering around, to see if they missed anything, she noticed a few things.
Whoever was collecting eyeballs and skulls upstairs was also leaving no trace downstairs.
Ethan had been right.
This collector was smart.
They normally were, but she had the feeling that he was going to be extra tricky.
“Nothing. Not a toothpick, not a hair, and not a single, solitary trace of someone killing him or lying in wait.”
Gene agreed.
“So much for finding the bloody knife he was shanked with. We’re going to have a bitch of a time against this one. I can feel it in my gut.”
Oh, she was willing to bet that was the truth.
After years of this, you just knew.
“I was hoping for something, but we’re shit out of luck. He’s covering his tracks, and we’re not getting any more here,” she admitted, slightly frustrated.
Yeah, it was day one, but a girl had to have hope.
