“The local kids he was with were all ruled out,” she said, perhaps wanting to make sure they had no lingering worries. “They were pretty much all each other’s alibis. That park you guys like to go to? Before it was developed, it was an open area where teens gathered to party. A bunch of Lucas’s friends were there. They had a big bonfire going. They were drinking and smoking pot—no big deal. Lucas wasn’t a full-on stoner by any means, but he’d party a little—and they were running around, playing some kind of tag. Lucas was out of sight, but a bunch of them heard him drunk-singing, ‘Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m…’ and then his words cut off. Nobody heard or saw anything after that.”
“How awful,” Vinnie said.
Leo nodded in agreement. Miranda was right. Whatever had h
