Chapter Thirty-Two
Three weeks later
“So, S.G. Since it turns out you have a name—a couple of them, actually—what do you want us to call you?” Ethan smiled at the teenager. He had a special affection for her because her case was the first success of The James Agency 2.0 Everyone on the Misty Bay peninsula had heard about it by now; his reputation was made before he’d even signed a lease for office space.
He and Jessica had answered a call from Maya to meet in her office at the police station. Jessica had brought a box of pastries, of course, which S.G. was already happily consuming.
“I like Maggie,” she declared. “Magpies do like to gossip, but they’re more optimistic than Spruce Grouse. The Spruce Grouse complain too much.”
“Alrighty then.” Jessica put her hand up and they exchanged
