Sara accompanied officers to Sheriff"s Headquarters to attend a debriefing. It had to be done immediately. Timing was important for memory and talking things through would be good therapy for her. They gave her contact information for the department psychologist if she needed follow-up. After signing over the tape from her recorder into evidence and on her way out, she caught Johanna leaving to resume patrol.
“I-I"m sorry, Johanna. I couldn"t get him to tell where all the bodies were.”
Johanna chuckled and looked at her sideways. “You got enough out of him to send him to the needle. They"ll keep him alive, maybe till we can turn up the bodies for some of those rocks he"s collected.”
Sara swallowed hard. “Who"ll tell Esmerelda now?”
Johanna started again for the door. “She already knows
