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and cracked, and her sallow skin was thin, blistered, and stretched over high cheekbones and a perfectly shaped button nose.  She scowled at us before casting her gaze at the tile floor beneath her orange sandals. 
    "Thank you, Deputy," Nathan said. "I'll take it from here."
    "I'll be outside," the deputy answered. She pulled the door closed behind her as she stepped back into the hallway.
    "Have a seat, Rebecca." He motioned toward the armless chair at the table. "I'm Detective McNamara and this is Ms. Jordan. Can I get you something to drink? Some water or—"
    She cut him off. "No. What do you want?" she snapped. "Have you found my baby yet?"
    I studied her face. Rebecca Neeland wasn't a victim, but she wasn't necessarily a villain either. She had certainly made some bad choices, and I couldn't tell if she would ever right her path or not, but she wasn't evil. I slipped into the seat across from her. "Hey… is it Rebecca? Or Becky maybe?"
    Her eyes darted to the table. "Becca," she muttered.
    "Hey, Becca. I'm Sloan," I said.
    "Who are you?" she asked.
    I laughed. "I'm nobody."
    She glanced skeptically down at my white buttoned blouse and cocked her head to the side. "You don't look like nobody." 
    "Well, I'm not a cop. Or a lawyer." I turned my palms face-up on the table. "I'm actually a publicist." 
    Her eyebrows scrunched together. "A publicist?"
    "Yeah, I work with news people and stuff. It's very boring," I said.
    "What are you doin' here? Am I gonna be on TV or somethin'?" she asked.
    I shook my head. "No. I just want to help. My buddy, Nate, over there came by my office this morning with this picture of Kayleigh, and it just broke my heart. She's really cute." I pushed the photograph of her daughter in her direction.
    Her eyes teared up, and she quickly swiped at them with the sleeve of her orange jumpsuit. 
    I placed my hand on top of hers. "Do you have any idea where we can look for her?" 
    She jerked her hand away. "I already told 'em, I don't know where Ray went."
    "How long have you and Ray been together?" I asked.
    "Since I moved here from Greensboro. What's it matter?" she snipped.
    I shrugged my shoulders. "Just curious because if my friend Nate back there up and disappeared right now, I would have a good idea where to go looking for him, and we haven't been together that long." I lowered my voice and cut my eyes at her with mock sympathy. "Does Ray keep secrets from you?"
    She scowled. "Ray don't keep nothin' from me." 
    "But, obviously, you must not know him very well." I took a deep breath. "Or, Ray just doesn't trust you to keep quiet, and he doesn't tell you everything."
    She tapped her finger against the table. "Ray knows I can keep my mouth shut." 
    "So, you do know where he goes?"
    "Of course I do!"
    My eyes widened. So did hers. 
    I lowered my voice again. "Rebecca, I'm not a legal genius here, but I'm pretty sure if you don't tell us what you know, then you're going to make things a lot worse for yourself in here. You'll get a lot more time stacked up on you in this hell hole, and you'll lose your daughter, maybe forever."
    She just stared at me. 
    I tapped my chest. "I'm going to go and get Kayleigh. I'm not going to arrest Ray. I just want to make sure your little girl is safe."
    Her eyes widened with curiosity. "You're going to go get her?"
    I nodded. "Yes. Me. I'm going to go."
    She shifted in her seat. Her eyes darted nervously around the room before settling on the picture of Kayleigh. She leaned forward. "There's an abandoned house at the end of the road on Clarksdale. Ray goes there sometimes," she whispered. 
    I smiled. "Thank you."
    I looked over my shoulder to where Nathan was leaned against the wall with his mouth hanging open. I pushed my chair back and stood up. "Let's go." 
    Rebecca jumped out of her chair. "But you said you was gonna go! Not him!"
    I nodded and held my hands up in defense. "I said I was going to get Kayleigh and not arrest Ray. That's the truth. I'm just