CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
Dammit! Avery thought.
It was stupid to meet with Jack after a long day, stupid to think things had changed and that maybe you could be a family again. Stupid! Ugh!
A light rain had begun to fall.
Fuming, all Avery could think about was the way Jack had set her up. He never wanted to meet and just talk. All he wanted to do was lecture me. Why couldn’t he do that on the phone? Why couldn’t you see it?
Dammit!
Mistake. It was a mistake. What other mistakes have you made?
The case came back to her. Venemeer, naked and positioned on a boat. Circle of friends and former employees. Desoto. Randall. The astrology professor.
She hopped in her car and called Ramirez.
His voicemail picked up.
Avery left a message.
“Hey, Dan,” she said, “just wondering if you ran the res
