CHAPTER SEVEN
Mackenzie knew nothing about the boyfriend, as there was nothing about him in the notes. All she knew was that his name was Barry Channing and that he lived at 376 Rose Street, Apartment 7. When she knocked on the door of Apartment 7, it was answered by a woman who looked to be in her late fifties or so. She looked tired and saddened—and clearly not happy to have a visitor after nine o’clock on a rainy Sunday night.
“Can I help you?” the woman asked.
Mackenzie nearly double-checked the number on the door but instead stated, “I’m looking for Barry Channing.”
“I’m his mother. Who are you?”
Mackenzie showed her ID. “Mackenzie White, with the FBI. I was hoping to ask him some questions about Claire.”
“He’s really in no state to talk to anyone,” the mother said. “In fact, he
