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account paid for
Pepper. Getting Candace to give it up was the only way to identify it.”
    “Now what, she traces the account, matches it to the IP
address, and we have our perp?”
    “Oh, if it were only that simple. No, Anson would have given
instructions on how to hide behind online currencies and identities. We can
only hope that the IP address leads us to a place with surveillance cameras,
and that the cameras retained the feed from Tuesday at two in the afternoon.
Then we may get a visual on our guy.” Monique stepped into the elevator. “As
for the iGold, we can match it to the account used to pay for the other
prostitute, Rusty Dennis, corroborating that one person committed both murders.
It could take days, but eventually Anna could trace the iGold account to a real
person.”
    “Let’s hope that the missing Iowa teen has days, assuming that
our killer took her.”
    “Hard to say, but I’m sure that Jeri and Ethan will have a
better sense of things, once they assess the situation. Let’s do this again,
shall we?”
    “Looking forward to it,” Chloe smiled, pointing the car into
traffic.
     

Chapter Six
     
    “Allison, why aren’t you answering the phone? This is the
third time I’ve called you, call me back!” Sandy left the message, a niggling
thread of fear starting to coil in her stomach. Allison was not in school, had
not returned any of the calls, or replied to any of the texts she’d sent during
the course of the day.
    Something was wrong, it had to be. Allison would not ignore
her this way on purpose.
    Unless she was grounded, which was possible, but even
grounded, she would still have been in school.
    Deciding to drop by her friend’s house on the way home,
Sandy waited patiently for her turn to exit the high school parking lot.
     
    ~~~
     
    “Ashley, where is your sister?” Trudy Wells tapped her nails
on the desk in her office as she spoke to her eldest daughter. “She’s not
answering her phone.’
    “I don’t know, Mom, I just got home. I’m sure she’ll be here
soon.” The sound of the doorbell punctuated Ashley Wells’ answer.
    “Who is that?” Trudy asked, hearing the bells chime in the
background.
    “I don’t know, why don’t we see?” Irritated with the
interruption of her after-school plans, Ashley dutifully went to answer the
door. “Maybe Allison forgot her keys.”
    Seeing Sandy’s face, peering through the sidelights, Ashley
rolled her eyes as she opened the door.
    “It’s Sandy, Mom. I’m sure Allison is with her.”
    “Allison’s not here?” Sandy asked, hearing Ashley speak to
her mom.
    “No, she spent the night with you, remember?” Ashley glared
at the younger girl, thinking what an idiot her sister’s friend could be.
    “No , she didn’t,” Sandy
stepped inside the house, confused. “I haven’t seen her since last night, at
the club.”
    “Did she say club? What club?” Trudy’s voice rose with
intensity. “Did your sister go out on a school night? You said that she went to
Sandy’s, to study. What’s going on, Ashley?”
    “I don’t know, Mom, jeesh. Give me a minute, will ya?”
Turning to Sandy, Ashley sighed heavily. This was so beneath her.
    “Alright, squirt, you said that you and Allison went to a
club. Did you leave together?”
    “No, she wanted to wait to see if Trey showed up. I left
before eleven, she was still there.”
    “But she texted me, just before midnight, said that she was
spending the night with you.” Ashley began searching the texts on her phone. “See?”
Showing Sandy the short message, Ashley turned her attention back to her
mother. “I swear, Mom, I thought she was at Sandy’s.”
    “Put me on speaker,” Trudy demanded, feeling the icy fingers
of fear close around her heart. “Sandy, did you see Allison at school today?”
    “No, she wasn’t there, and she hasn’t answered my calls, or
responded to my texts. That’s why I’m here.” Sandy spoke to the phone, but her
eyes never left