CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
The atmosphere wasn’t quite as tense this time when Chloe and Rhodes sat down with Mark Fairchild. For one thing, his brother wasn’t standing in a corner, listening in to the conversation. Also, while he was clearly still in the midst of his grieving, there seemed to be a platform of acceptance under all of Mark’s emotions now. Chloe could see it simply in the way he was able to look back and forth between them as they spoke. He was clear-headed but still very much in pain.
“Thank you for coming back in,” Chloe said. “I hated to ask for you to come back so soon, but quite frankly, we need some help.”
“It’s fine. Anything I can do…I’m happy to do it. But first…if I’m being honest…can you tell me everything that’s been cancelled out? I know you and the local PD were loo
