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thinking about it,” Lloyd admitted. “I don’t want to wait until I’m old before I start enjoying my life, after all.”
    “Okay,” Kate said, still in awe as she tried to process all the information that she was learning for the first time. “Wait, do the police know about this? Do they approve of this? Did they call?”
    “They didn’t call,” Lloyd answered. “And they should know about it by now. Don’t worry, Kate. I consulted my lawyer before doing this and he told me we’re not doing anything wrong.”
    Kate nodded, understanding.
    “Mr. Marrick, I have Mr. Ferguson on the line,” a woman with short blond hair spoke.
    “I’ll take that call,” Lloyd said. He turned to Kate. “If you’ll excuse me.”
    Kate watched as he answered the phone, still unable to believe what was happening. She had known about Lloyd’s position but she had never really understood his job—he had never talked about it and she had never asked—but now she was starting to get an idea of what it was like, and she was starting to see a side of him she had never seen.
    He gave precise orders in a tone that made it clear they needed to be done, even without raising his voice, and the people around him quickly followed, their respect for him apparent. In spite of the fact that there were papers all over the living room, he was organized, too, knowing exactly what needed to be done and who to ask to do it.
    She could not help but admire him.
    She watched for a while, trying to understand what the people in her living room were trying to do, but mostly studying the man she once married. Then, remembering that she was hungry, she went to the kitchen, and had just finished placing the food that Bryan had ordered out for her from a Singaporean restaurant when the house phone rang.
    Quickly, she picked it up. “Kate Evans.”
    “Is this the house of the Evans who lost their children?” It was the voice of a woman in her sixties.
    “Yes, it is.”
    “I’m Carol Singer and I just saw your children on television,” she said. “I’m calling because I know where they are.”

 
     
    Chapter Eight
     
     
    Kate kept her fingers crossed, every now and then shifting nervously in her aisle seat while Lloyd sat beside her, calm as the eye of a storm, the complete opposite of her.
    After receiving the call from Carol Singer last night, they had booked the earliest flight to Rapid City, South Dakota, and she and Lloyd were now on it, just a few hours away from their destination. Bryan had stayed behind to keep an eye on the development of the case and also because he had not yet managed to secure his leave.
    Kate could see that he was annoyed by the fact, but he had tried his best not to make a big deal out of it, for which she was grateful. As much as she wanted to take him with her, she knew she couldn’t just drag him away from his job, especially when he had already been away recently, and she couldn’t wait to check out Ms. Singer’s story.
    In fact, last night, she had been about to jump into her car and start driving all the way to Rapid City, but Lloyd had stopped her, telling her that it could be a false lead and that they should just send someone else. When she had not listened, he gave in, though he told her it was better for them to take a plane. He also told her not to get her hopes up too much, especially since they did not really know who Carol Singer was and it was a little fishy how she refused to contact the police in her area, saying that she hated cops because her son was killed by one.
    Even so, she could not help but hope. She had to or she would be lost.
    Please, let the kids be there.
    “It’s going to be all right.” Lloyd placed his hand over hers, sensing her anxiety. “Whether the kids are there or not, it’s going to be all right.”
    Kate nodded. Still, she didn’t know what she would do if it all turned out to be a wild goose chase and the kids were not there, because that would mean that they