CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
When Riley woke up Bill and Lucy early the next morning to tell them about her weird and unsettling encounter with Private Pope, her colleagues listened with fascination.
When she finished, Bill said, “We’ve got to bring this Pope kid in for more questions.”
Riley shook her head.
“I don’t want to do that,” she said. “Not right now.”
Bill looked incredulous.
“Why not?” he asked. “Pope is a person of interest, if anybody is. And it sure doesn’t sound like he told you everything he knows.”
Riley knew that Bill was right. She didn’t want to ignore his concerns, but she had worries of her own.
Then she said, “For one thing, I think he’s genuinely terrified—and probably with good reason. Bringing him in might make him a target.”
“A target for who?” Bill asked. “For a
