CHAPTER 26 It’s past midnight when Drisklay informs me that Chris’s dad has been questioned and released. And even though he didn’t act like the typical parent whose son has been found drowned in a lake, there’s no reason to suspect that Mr. Gomez had anything to do with the attacks. “We’ve asked him multiple times about the letter his son wrote,” Drisklay tells me. “Gomez maintains that his son is a fool for wanting to enter into the ministry, but he wouldn’t have bothered going after him. That and the fact that surveillance footage, witness testimony, as well as the GPS in Gomez’s phone and truck all place him at work the afternoon of the attack. He’s not our guy.” I hear Drisklay’s words, understand their inherent logic, but still have a hard time letting go of Mr. Gomez as the prime

