Page 46 of Watch Me

“What’s that?”

I stepped forward and ordered another latte. Shawn ordered a black coffee. While he put cream and sugar into his coffee, and we waited for mine to be made, I asked, “Amy was a student here, right?”

“Right.”

The barista called my name, and I grabbed my drink before Shawn and I walked outside and into the chilly air. “And, obviously, Reagan is a student here.”

“You think that’s the connection?”

I shrugged. “Maybe. We need to find out if Daisy was a student too.”

He pulled his cell out. “I’ll call Shay and have her run a check.”

I nodded, and we walked back to where I was waiting for Reagan to get out of class. Shawn waited on the phone while Shay checked the system. If this was the connection, we might be one step closer to finding this guy.

I wanted Reagan safe behind the locked door at my condo and not walking out in the open while I tried to solve the case. My fucking world was in danger, and I fucking hated it. I would burn this town down to find this fucker. I didn’t know what Jessica was going to try and pull. What judge would take a man’s kids from him? I was a police officer. I was a sergeant working his way to captain. What I did know was that whatever Jess wanted to do, it would take at least a few days for a hearing to be set. Nothing would be set in stone until I go to voice my argument. Hopefully by then, Shawn and I would have closed the case.

“Thanks,” Shawn said before hanging up and putting his phone in his pocket. “Looks like you’re on the right track.”

“Daisy was a student here too?”

“She was.”

I thought for a few moments. “How the fuck are we going to figure out who this guy is?”

Shawn shrugged. “We need to talk to Will. Maybe he knows, or maybe we can get a search warrant to check the servers here.”

“Yeah.”

Reagan was the first to exit a few moments later. “Hey.” She smiled at me and thenShawn.

I draped my arm across her shoulder. “Come on, Buttercup. Time for you to be a kept woman.”

After I introduced Reagan to Officer Belt and made sure he was going to stay until I returned home, Shawn and I went back to the station. Since we knew that all the women were connected to Lakeshore University, we had to figure out how this fucker was targeting them, and if there were any otherwomen.

Shawn and I headed straight for the cyber unit. “Hey,” I greetedWill.

He looked up from one of the computer screens in front of him. “Hey, what’s up?”

“All vics attended Lakeshore U. We need you to check their system. See if we can track this guy,” Shawnstated.

“Reagan told me that she’s only used her computer at home and at school. The school is the connection, we’re guessing,” I wenton.

Will nodded. “Yeah, I’ll get a search warrant and see what I can find out.”

We left Will’s office and went down to talk to the ME’s office to find Daisy’s time of death. “Gentleman,” Rikkigreeted.

“Any update for us?” Iasked.

She walked over to her computer and brought up Daisy’s file. “She had fifty-nine stab wounds. Time of death was around 1 a.m. on Sunday morning.”

My heart sank. I’d never had a strong reaction to hearing how someone died, but all I could think about was walking into my condo and seeing Reagan dead and bloody on my couch. I didn’t like where my head was. I wanted to go back to stopping by Judy’s after my shift, having a drink while I stared at Reagan’s ass, and then going home to devour every inch of her. Then I’d hold her all night and do it all over again the nextday.

“Any hairs or fibers?” Shawninquired.

“Nothing. Just like the other case.”

“Do you know the type of knife?” Shawnquestioned.