Chapter 3The next day, Dolph and Boris were both missing when Zeeb walked through the door into the police station. Rica was sipping on a cup of coffee while leafing through a stack of papers.
“Morning.”
“Morning.” She gave him a quick smile before focusing on the stack of paper again.
“Where’s Dolph and Boris?”
She put down the paper she’d been reading and studied him. “They had to go out.”
“Had to go out?” Had to? It was seldom anyone had to in Stoneshade.
She tilted her head. “They were laughing about something in the paper, and then two minutes ago they had to go talk to someone.”
Zeeb gritted his teeth. “They were laughing.”
She pursed her lips. “They’re always laughing at things in the paper, aren’t they?”
Scanning the table, he spotted a folded paper underneath another stac
