Chapter 42
A TAP on my back rescued me.
Jesse leaned close, forcing me to lean back. Her face was flushed, her breath coming quickly. “You seen Teresa?” She had thankfully lost the furry sparkly sweater she’d worn this morning, replacing it with jeans and a gleaming white oval-neck T-shirt.
“She hasn’t turned up?” I said.
“We were supposed to meet here at noon. I drove out to the Orchards and checked her apartment. She wasn’t there. No one was there.”
“s**t. Alice is missing, too.” I didn’t like this.
“What do we do?”
“I’m organizing a search for Alice early tomorrow. I’ll include Teresa.” Which meant more work to do if we would be ready tomorrow morning. I needed radios. First-aid supplies. It was either tonight, or bright and early tomorrow. “Here, tomorrow, nine AM. Put the word
