Chapter Nine
Owen took in the house where Marcus now lived, across from Ryan’s place, in a safe neighborhood. Charlotte’s Subaru and Marcus’s old pickup, which he never seemed to drive anymore, were parked in the driveway, and the sheriff’s cruiser was parked in front. Jenny, Ryan’s partner, was just pulling into her driveway across the street in her small Jeep, and she stepped out just as Owen did.
“Hey, you coming over?” she called out, lifting a paper bag of groceries.
He could see that Ryan wasn’t home yet, and he shook his head. “Later. Have to see Marcus,” he said.
Jenny walked up to the house and pulled open the screen door, and there was his niece. Right, he needed to find out what Alison knew about Jackson, the kids at school, the grad prank, and how any of that tied into Jack
