Callahan
"I wasn't going to let her die," I say finally.
The phone in my pocket buzzes and I dig it out, turning away.
Lenore enters the living room from the kitchen carrying a tray of coffee. I walk toward my study to take the call. It's Diamente.
"I've got something for you," he says.
"Am I going to like it?"
"I doubt it. You alone?"
"Yes." I close the door to my study.
"Heathcliff Esmeralda had a text about two hours after the wedding."
I swallow the last of my whiskey, feel the burn down my throat. "Go on."
"It's an address. You can figure out which. And one sentence."
"What's the sentence?"
"Remember what we agreed."
I grind my teeth together. "And the sender?" I'm pretty sure of his answer but I ask anyway.
"Burner phone. Untraceable."
My mind goes to Alec. To how he's
