Celeste ends the call and tells me that an ambulance will be here in fifteen minutes. I had already heard that information with my extra-hearing, but decide to leave that surprise for later. She's still in her bloody clothes, and she’s starting to shiver once more.
I pick her up again and fly her to her car.
The Escalade is gone, and with it, my hopes of tracking Baldy. The SUV doesn’t have any distinguishing smells associated with it, meaning it would quickly meld with the odors from other vehicles that have driven this road.
I could fly over looking for it, but it could have turned off at any time. I concede the fact that Celeste’s would-be murderer is gone.
Celeste goes to open her trunk but stops when she sees the devastation. She takes a deep breath. “My dad is going to kill me.”
