CHAPTER THIRTY
A dreamy, surreal quality had taken control of Avery Black.
There was no memory of her final words with Jessica Givens, or when she’d hung up or where she’d put her phone.
She stood in the dark of the Brandeis campus. Ahead of her were a rolling green field and a line of trees and the stars. Behind her were red brick buildings illuminated by lower lights.
Calm down, she told herself.
You’ve been down this road before.
The memory of her near-assault on John Lang from Art for Life was still fresh in her mind, along with the captain’s reprimand and the extended weekend she’d been given to think about her actions.
You were taken off the case, remember?
Not anymore, she answered.
Cindy Jenkins had been hired by Devante. Molly Green had been hired by Devante. What about T
