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said, touching Simone gently on the forearm. “I had to ask about the drugs thing. Even though I pretty much know she’s clean.”
    Every single supposed sighting of Taylor out partying had proved bogus after Brooklyn investigated. Twitter might be a great tool for social media marketers, Photoshop fiends, and for feuding with idiots, but Brooklyn found it a total failure as a credible news source.
    â€œThat’s why I came to you,” Simone said. “You’ve been nothing but fair to Taylor—even when everyone else is writing crap that isn’t true.”
    â€œThanks, but first I need the guest list for the party.”
    â€œOf course. It was only like twenty people, maybe thirty. It was super small. I just sent out texts to everyone.”
    â€œOkay, and did you take any pictures?”
    â€œYeah, but only on my cell. We made every guest check cells at the front door. We didn’t want any pictures leaking out. It was a private party. Just kids. No adults. No media and stuff.”
    â€œThat didn’t really work out very well,” Brooklyn joked.
    Simone giggled.
    â€œWe are going to find her—I promise.” Brooklyn set her phone down in her lap. “But I have to ask. Simone, why haven’t you gone to the police yet?”
    Simone hugged her arms around herself and started rocking slowly back and forth. She stared into the park beside the stadium where Holden was walking away.
    â€œI can’t,” she said. “I’m afraid of what they might to do me.”
    â€œThey?”
    â€œThe cops.”
    â€œWhy?”
    â€œI could go to jail.”
    â€œSimone, they can’t put you in jail for reporting someone missing. If there’s anything I need to know, please tell me now.” Brooklyn tilted her head. “If you don’t trust me, you have every right to get up and leave and go find someone else. As much as I want to make sure we find Taylor, I can’t waste my time on this if you aren’t going to entirely trust me.”
    Simone sat back down and pushed her sleeves down to cover her hands. “You’re right. The truth is that I really don’t think those guys with the guns were cops.”
    â€œThen who were they?”
    â€œI don’t know for sure, but I sort of think they were working with this guy I invited.”
    â€œA friend of Taylor’s?”
    â€œNot really, just this random cute guy. He claimed he was an agent’s assistant, and he had been trying to meet Taylor for the last few weeks. He was literally begging me for an invite to her birthday party.”
    â€œAnd why did you give it to him?”
    Simone exhaled. “Okay, I realize this is going to make me look really bad, and I want to say that I feel totally guilty for doing this, but the reason I invited him was because A) He was hot and B) He promised me he would bring drugs—but not for Taylor, I swear. Just for the rest of us. And he did bring drugs. A lot of them.”
    â€œLike?”
    â€œMolly, Ecstasy, maybe a little coke, too.”
    â€œIs that all?”
    â€œWell . . .” Simone looked away. “Some Adderall and Oxy.”
    Brooklyn had never seen a person do drugs in real life. She stopped typing. “A walking Walgreens!”
    Simone hung her head. “I know, I know. And you’re probably thinking I’m a totally horrible human being. There wasa whole stash of drugs inside the house when those cops, or whoever they were, came and shut down the party.”
    â€œSo this guy, this drug dealer dude or whatever, came to the party, and you had a pharmacy of drugs on you, and that’s why you ran?”
    â€œPretty much. Totally panicked. And by the time I realized what was happening, the guys with the guns had dragged Taylor outside through the gate. I didn’t know who to turn to afterward. Except you.” Simone sighed. “Brooklyn, this is literally the entire story.