Chapter 26
Jianjun phoned Charlotte Reed, who Michael regarded as a scholar and a friend. When she couldn’t give him any information about Rachel Gooding’s whereabouts, he phoned Sheriff Jake Sullivan.
“Have you heard from Rachel Gooding since she went to Japan?” he asked.
“No,” Jake said. “I wasn’t even sure she’d gone. Why? What’s happening?”
“I don’t know. That’s the problem. I told her what little I knew about where Michael might be, and she promised to call and let me know when she got there, but now I haven’t heard from her either. I’ve tried calling, but I get the same ‘not in service’ message as when I try to reach Michael.”
“Could it simply be bad cell service?”
“Maybe, but I thought one of them would have contacted me by now,” Jianjun said.
“True.”
“Tell me about Rachel.
