Chapter 28
It was one of the hardest things I’d ever done, but I turned on my heel and walked away from the only clue I possessed pertaining to my sister’s current location. I maintained a disingenuous saunter until I rounded the corner, then I broke into a slightly superhuman run.
The note on the door. I saw the small, white square in my mind’s eye as vividly as if I was actually standing on the well-worn carpet in the apartment building’s third-floor hallway. I’d read the kidnapper’s missive, had hurried inside to hunt down forged identification documents...then had forgotten all about the scrap of paper when Simon’s presence sent me scurrying down the fire escape to beat my retreat.
Of course Kira’s pesky social worker would have found the note. His broad shoulders had no chance of f
