All the Girls

These were not the people she was expecting to see. Jesse stopped short.

Nash Investigations was hired by the family of the missing birthday girl. At eighteen, shed gone out to party and never come home. Her friends each told a very different story to the police. The police told the family there was nothing they could do. Their land wasnt covered by this jurisdiction. By any jurisdiction. Theyd wiped their hands of the case.

No one was even looking for her. Except Nash Investigations…

But when she stepped into the building, it seemed the entire town looked back at Jesse. Everyone who had given a dollar, or ten, was waiting to hear from her. Shed had the uneasy feeling this wasnt some typical missing persons case.

She wasnt sure what she was supposed to say. What questions to ask.

Standing beside the family, Cindy and Georgia silently stared at her. Subtly, they both shook their heads no.

Dont do it. Dont say what youre thinking. Dont ask. Whatever you think this is, youre wrong…

So Jesse snapped her jaw shut, and waited.