Sanchez checked at Trudy’s hair shop first. There was a hand-written sign taped to the front door with the words “On Vacation” written in black felt pen.
Next she tried the restaurant where Alice worked. The owner said she’d fired her when some broad and a big biker guy came in and took her away.
She then drove to the Wilson’s house and found Rocky. He answered the door in stained boxers and an undershirt. He had a can of beer in one hand and obviously hadn’t shaved, evidenced by the gray stubble on his face. His bloodshot eyes and stale-beer-and-cigarette breath meant he’d been on a bender.
She left Trudy’s house, going to Bruce’s motel. Still no luck.
After pulling her white, unmarked car over to the side of the highway, she used her cell phone to call her captain in Portland.
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