Chapter 33

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Elijah walked into the station, having made only one stop after leaving Ash still sitting at Tabitha's kitchen table. He was pleased that there was no one manning the front desk as he made his way towards the nerd cave. That was one less pair of eyes to watch him.

He'd never felt uncomfortable at the station before, but then again, he'd never broken so many police rules before. It was a slippery tightrope he'd found himself on, and he had no idea where he was going to land.

Maria and Louis had already broken for an early lunch, which meant they were both competing to be the first one to glide a paper aeroplane the entire length of the room.

'I see it's a hub of work activity in here,' he teased, handing the food parcel and two coffees over to a waiting Maria, who hovered around him like a vulture waiting for her next meal.

She couldn't wait to open the brown paper bag, but paused when she saw the expensive pastries inside.

'You got these from Romaro's?' Her eyes flicked up to him.

'What do you need?' Louis asked, not willing to beat around the bush.

'And I thought you were above bribery.' Maria laughed, but Elijah didn't join her as he pulled out a chair.

'I need a favour,' he admitted.

They both shared a look.

'What kind of favour?' Louis asked.

'The kind that could cost me my job,' he answered.

'You're not joking, are you?' Maria asked with a frown.

'I wish I was, but I haven't got a choice now. People's lives could be at risk.'

'Is it illegal?' Louis asked.

'I need information which, as an officer, I can get, but I can't have anyone know what I'm looking into.'

'And what are you looking into?' he asked.

Elijah took a deep breath. 'Charity's disappearance.'

'And why can't you go to the Sheriff?'

'Because of where I'm getting my information from.'

'The Hawthorne sisters?' guessed Louis.

'You aren't being serious? If the Sheriff catches you speaking with them...' Maria whispered.

'And that's why he can't know, not until I can find hard evidence to back up my suspicions.'

'Then Ash saw something, and you're looking for evidence to back up her vision,' Louis said, making Elijah's eyes widen.

'Vision? What are you talking about?' Maria demanded.

'For those in the know, Ash Hawthrone is a psychic,' explained Louis.

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