Sam sat in the aquarium parking lot, fearful he was running out of time. He had to find Santos. No one had heard from Ramona for two days. He had asked his friend Joe to track down Ramona"s sister in Atlanta for him. According to the sister, Ramona had never arrived. Santos had taken Ramona from the motel, but was she still alive, he wondered?
Sam was now involved in solving Madsen"s disappearance, whether he liked it or not. And Ramona was the next victim. He needed help, but not the kind he was getting from Duval. Duval had lured him in, yet he was thwarting him at every crooked turn. He suspected Duval didn"t give a rat"s ass about a few missing call girls. But if Sam could help him out while taking no glory, maybe Duval could get that promotion he wanted. It also occurred to him that
