For the next month, it was business as usual at the agency. John was proving to be an excellent investigator, much to Kip’s relief. He also kept his inquisitiveness to a minimum the few times they went out for a beer after work. They tried a bar a few blocks away from the agency, finding it to their liking. As far as they could figure, most of the customers were locals who worked or lived in the area. If any of them thought there was more between him and John than merely being friends, they didn’t seem to care.
All the while, Kip had been keeping track of any missing persons cases which might connect with the ones he had on file. Men, or women, who had disappeared, leaving behind rumors that money had gone missing when they did. Or bodies found in the mountains which could have been the r
