Chapter 83

Patty, Rufus, and Carter headed to Phoenix at the crack of dawn the next morning. Damn, Jodi and her suspicions. Patty hadn’t thought for one moment she was pregnant until Jodi had flapped her gums. The thought had plagued her mind all day and all night. Luckily, Goldman had to go back to work to cover the graveyard shift for Williamson. Second in command, Curtis Williamson, had a younger brother in Ohio who was a cop. He had gotten shot in the line of duty around noon Arizona time. He took the bullet in the arm, but the Ohio State Police had called Williamson anyway to let him know since he was next of kin. Despite his brother’s protests that he was fine, Williamson had wanted to see for himself. The deputies had offered to cover his shifts for a few days so Williamson could go to Ohio to check on his brother.

Carter pulled into the drug store parking lot. Judging from the outside, the place was huge. It was like a drug store warehouse. Patty looked it up online yesterday. It opened