Читать книгу I'll Be Watching You - M. William Phelps - Страница 14

I

Four months later, Christina is reading the newspaper one morning. Dead of winter. Frost on the windows. Snow on the ground. Outside, you can see your breath like cigarette smoke.

She had decided not to report the incident. What good would it do? The cops know her. She doesn’t have a good standing with them. Although she’s no hooker, she does have a few pockmarks on her record.

In any event, there’s an article about a woman, a beloved local girl, Carmen Rodriguez, staring back at her. Christina knows Carmen. She has seen her at Kenney’s. Carmen had been reported missing near the same time Christina had that run-in with the man on the street.

What’s his name?

Then it clicks. Christina is horrified. Carmen was last seen leaving Kenney’s with the same guy. No one has seen her since.

Christina picks up the telephone and calls the Hartford Police Department (HPD).