After ten days of searching high and low in Mexico and finding neither Joyce nor Tiara, they finally decided to return home. It was a deeply painful defeat but there was nothing else they could do.
As soon as they landed on U.S. soil, Kane gave Detective Riley a summary of their unfruitful trip. Expectedly, Riley was annoyed that the Beaumonts had taken such a risk without running it by him first.
“We’ll call her in for questioning again,” said Riley about Serena. “But I doubt if she has any concrete information to share. She clearly doesn’t know Mrs Banks’ whereabouts.”
“It doesn’t matter. Keep interrogating her until she remembers something, anything.”
“Fine.”
“What about you? Have you found any new leads?”
“Unfortunately, no. I’m sorry to say this but it appears that the trail has
