CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Kate was delighted to find that Chief Budd had meant what he said. The moment she and DeMarco got to the station, he stood aside and handed them the reins. There were just a few polite formalities and exchanges between the agents and the State Police before Kate and DeMarco were escorted to the interrogation room where Peter Thurmond was being held.
When they stepped inside, Thurmond looked up at them like a man coming right out of a dream. He looked half asleep and absolutely miserable. The sight of two women he hadn’t yet seen since being brought into the station seemed to jar him a bit, though. That jarring became something more when Kate and DeMarco sat down across from him. Kate showed him her ID.
“I’m Agent Wise and this is Agent DeMarco, from the FBI,” she said. “
