She is exactly what this case needs right now. I want to call her today. Call her,” Zara said. Selene Kaine called back within the hour and joined the case before the afternoon was out. Seline was sharp and direct and moved fast. By the end of her first day on the case, she had filed a discovery motion requesting all records related to the original complaint.
the call about aggressive dogs that had sent Voss to that parking lot on that morning. Quinn had called it a long shot. The judge apparently disagreed. The records arrived the following morning. Zara was sitting at the kitchen table with Rowan. He was eating breakfast. She was on her second coffee when her phone rang. It was Seline. The complaint was called in from an unregistered number.
Selene said without preamble. We cannot trace it directly, but here is what matters. The call was made just minutes before you left the house that morning. Zara set her coffee mug down slowly. I left the house at my usual time, she said. That is right. Whoever made that call knew your routine. They knew what time you left, which route you took, and where to send Voss to intercept you.
This was not a response to a complaint about dogs. This was a setup. The kitchen was absolutely still. Rowan was watching her face the way he always did when something important was happening. Quietly, carefully, not asking yet. “Someone planned this,” Zara said. “Someone planned this,” Selene confirmed.
“Lo que significa que no estamos tratando con un oficial que tuvo una mala mañana e hizo una mala llamada. Estamos tratando con algo que se organizó deliberadamente de antemano y dirigido específicamente a usted”. Una pausa. Este caso se hizo más grande y tenemos que averiguar quién hizo esa llamada y por qué. Zara se levantó de la mesa y caminó hacia la ventana de la cocina.
Zeus y Aries estaban en el patio trasero. La mañana ya era caliente y brillante y de aspecto completamente ordinario. Ella vio a sus perros y pensó en la palabra organizada. Pensó en quién tenía los recursos para organizar algo como esto. Ella pensó en el concejal Vance Keller en esa pantalla de televisión, plateado, pulido, plegado a mano en el escritorio, y la forma en que había mirado directamente a la cámara cuando dijo: “Nadie está por encima de la ley”. Averigüe por qué, le dijo a Seline.
