Phoebe’s cop friend, Honk, did a good job of securing the crime scene, but it still took an hour before she was seated beside Jake in his truck driving to town. Phoebe left her SUV there in front of the bar. She wouldn’t need it again. At first light, which was about an hour from now, Dewey would pick her up. They were hitting TelTech tonight, and once the game was played, Phoebe Mentel would vanish, never to be reborn. Somewhere Phagan was already working on her new identity.
She didn’t talk and Jake didn’t seem inclined to chat either, until he reached the turn to her house. He braked and looked at her.
“Is it possible they went to your house...”
The same thought had occurred to her. Even if there was no threat at home, she didn’t want to see the place again. It was something else she
