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“Yeah. And all we saw were two of the guys. Was anyone found in the house?” Andy asked one of the other officers.

“The pizzas were on the dining table, but everyone had left. We suspect they were in Eloise’s car. Others went after the car but lost them,” one of the officers said.

“She sounded like she was drunk again,” Andy said.

“She wasn’t driving. Some guy was. We didn’t even see her, just the guy at the wheel.”

“Then the others were hiding in the car, most likely,” Andy said.

Roger soon joined them. “We have Teague in a police car.”

EMTs were taking care of Lionel’s arm, and one of the cops accompanied him as they transported him to the hospital.

“You know you’re going to have to turn over your gun,” Roger said to Andy.

“Yeah, but at least the other police arrived with their car cams, and I have my body cam on.”

“I was glad when everyone began getting those,” Roger said.

“Yeah, me too.” Monica agreed that the videos were essential to show what had happened in the cases she had worked.

After connecting with his and her bosses, Monica told Andy, “We need to speak with Lionel and Teague.”

She wanted to chase after Eloise’s car, but she had no idea where they had gone.

“Yeah, let’s do it. Hey, Roger, thanks for all the help.” Andy thanked the other officers still there.

Monica did too.

Then she and Andy climbed the hill and headed past Eloise’s house. Officers were there searching the home. Monica waved to one of them. “Have you found any evidence that Wendell Marquart, Helen Wright, or Denny Wilson had been there? I’m the agent who managed to catch them the first time.”

“We heard about that,” the one officer said. “But not yet.”

She told him what they had learned, not wanting to give up her case, but it only mattered that they were caught and prosecuted.

He said, “We’re conducting a search warrant. We’re looking for anything related to the faux kidnapping crime.”

“I’ll join you. I need to know if the others were in the house and left with Eloise. I need to locate them.”

“Let us know if you find anything.”

“I will.” She turned to Andy. “I’ll be right back.”

“I’ll be here.”

Roger soon joined him, and she was glad Andy had someone to talk to and wasn’t just left out in the cold.

She entered the house and saw the pizzas on the table where they had been dropped. They must have realized that Andy had been with the police and quickly made their escape. Several of them had been there—except Helen and Wendell. That’s why she had to check out the house. To see if she could smell their scents.

That was one of the shifters' huge advantages in locating people—both the good guys and bad.

She walked into one of the bedrooms where she smelled that Eloise and Denny had been having sex. That didn’t make any sense. Where had Helen and Wendell been?

She walked around the rest of the house, smelling the scents of Lionel and Teague. So that was it. She didn’t see any bags that the men might have owned.

“We found drugs,” one of the officers said.

“Did you find any money?” Monica asked.