CHAPTER NINETEEN
As they drew closer to the Tucker residence, Kate noticed that DeMarco seemed to be growing more and more anxious. As they turned onto the street Missy Tucker lived on, DeMarco pulled out her cell phone. Kate listened with a heavy heart as DeMarco spoke to the director of Ashton’s only funeral home.
It hurt Kate to hear the conversation—almost as much as the fact that she knew that DeMarco would soon grow out of this uneasiness. Soon, she’d learn to roll with these sorts of punches…to be able to put common decency and kindness on the back burner for the sake of the case. It was something most agents simply grew desensitized to. For Kate, it had happened after the first three or four years, case after case that required her to question grieving family members with some ve
