Chapter 3

“Halfway across the country from here,” Jake commented, studying the map.

“Not quite that bad. It’s around eight hundred and—” Teague used the directions function to check, “—fifty miles. And Collingswood is closer. Only six-fifty.”

“Can you fly into both cities?”

“Fly or drive. I haven’t decided which yet. “

“But you aregoing out there. I suspect you’ll want to have a face-to-face with Detective Slater before you do anything else.”

“Definitely.”

“What about reciprocity? Will your Missouri license be accepted there?”

“Colorado doesn’t require a PI to be licensed so I’ll be good in that respect.”

“Interesting. Lucky for you.”

“No kidding.”

“When are you leaving?”

“Yesterday?” Teague replied with a small smile. “No, actually I was thinking Thursday. That will give us time to make certain we have all the bases covered on the cases I was working on and,” he smiled dryly, “for me to decide if I do want to drive.”