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screens never showed anything. It could have been something that left the bloodstream rapidly.”
    I nodded. If the beach was Redding’s hunting ground, then there was a chance our victim was taken from there. “I’m going to call over to the Clearwater PD and see if we had any vehicles towed or people reported missing,” I said.
    “Good idea,” Bostok said.
    “What was the race of the victim this morning?” Danes asked.
    “Caucasian,” I said.
    “Same as Redding’s first. If there is another and this person is sticking to the way Redding did it, the next will be Latino. Maybe share that with the Clearwater PD as well,” Danes said.
    “I will.”
    “Okay guys, get to it,” Danes said. “The captain and I have a board meeting that we need to get over to.”
    Hank and I left the major’s office. I headed to my office, Hank to his desk. I took a seat and woke up my computer to get the number for the Clearwater PD. My cell phone buzzed in my pocket. I slid it out and answered.
    “Hey, babe,” I said.
    “Hey, you’re not in the middle of something are you?” Callie asked.
    I pulled up the Clearwater PD’s contact info on my laptop. “Nah. You have good timing. I just sat down at my desk.”
    “Okay, good. I was thinking of scheduling something with the realtor for Saturday morning before we leave to go fishing. I want to look at the place over on Lake Thonotosassa”
    I let out a long breath. “I don’t know if we’re going to be able to get out of town, Cal. What I got called in for this morning is bad. Like real bad. I should probably be around.”
    “Well, we can always do the fishing and kayaking thing another weekend. What about the realtor?”
    “Which place is it for? I know we looked at a couple over there.”
    “The big blue old one with the boathouse and land.”
    “Um. I thought we were kidding about that. It’s a little out of our price range. By about double. Plus, I’m pretty certain that it’s haunted.” I pulled the place up on the website we’d been shopping for houses on. The home was stored in our favorites list. I started browsing through the photos.
    “It’s so pretty though, and you know we could afford it if we wanted to,” Callie said.
    I clicked through picture after picture of the house. The place did check all the boxes yet also had a price tag that scared me to death. “I guess I could be talked into looking at it Saturday morning if you can get it set up.”
    “That’s what I thought you’d say.” Callie laughed.
    I took my eyes from the computer screen and rocked back in my chair. “It’s too expensive, though.”
    “We’ll just look.”
    “Fine.”
    “What time are you going to be home?” Callie asked.
    “I have some old files that I want to dig into that won’t be at the station until the end of the day. Probably seven or so before I’m home.”
    “Okay. I’ll already be gone for class.”
    “What time until?” I asked.
    “I’ll be home at like nine or so.”
    “Sounds good. I’ll make you dinner tonight,” I said.
    “Can’t wait. Love you. Be safe.”
    “Love you too.”
    I hung up and dialed the Clearwater PD.

Chapter 6
    I spoke with a Sergeant Withers over at the Clearwater Police Department. While they hadn’t received any notifications of a missing person, he was going to check with his beach patrol guys, as well as his parking enforcement, on any vehicles that had been sitting in the area. He also got the word circulated through his ranks to be on the lookout for any kind of abduction attempts.
    Hank walked through my office door and took a seat.
    “I called the prison—essentially what the major said. They can go back years on visitors now, but that’s now, not then. They saved records for the year in their office, then transferred them to archives for a year, and then shredded them. We’re about seventeen years too late on getting that.”
    “Worth a phone call. You never know,” I said.
    “Did Ed get back to you on