“What do you want to do?”
“I’ll give Rile a call on our way to see the medical examiner and then mention it to Mac when we get there.”
30
Decker
While the grandfather’s house had been trashed, it wasn’t the crime scene. This was. The barn anyway. Edge hadn’t said anything about Adler entering either the house or the barn, so my guess was all three sets of footprints had been left the night Sybil was murdered.
“Hello, my friend.”
I rolled my eyes. “Rile, we’re over at Mila’s house. There are footprints in the barn that I need someone to take a look at. The medical examiner called, and there’s something he wants me to see.”
“Understood.”
“Are Edge and Grinder still in Austin?”
“They’re on their way back. Adler Livingston was close to Knighthawk headquarters and then abruptly changed course and went to the airport. Grinder confirmed he got on a plane headed to Boston.”
“Good,” I muttered, not at all surprised. Adler needed to regroup, and I knew exactly whom with. “Where’s Casper?”
“On her way to Boston as well. She’ll land within the hour.”
I smiled. Maybe being part of this team wasn’t so bad, after all.
“I’ll have the boys go directly to the barn.”
“Thanks, Rile.”
“Adler is on his way back to Boston,” I repeated to Mila. “An agent is also on her way there.”
“She’ll follow him?”
“Yes. She’ll be there before he is.”
“Her name is Casper?”
“Yes. Her code name.”
“Why?”
“My understanding is she’s exceptionally good at silent approaches followed by vanishing with graceful stealth.”
“Wow.”
“Not my words, by the way. I read it in her dossier.”
“Decker, thank you for getting here so quickly,” said the medical examiner, meeting us near the building’s entrance.
“What did you want me to see?”
He looked over at Mila and then back at me.
“It’s fine,” I assured him.
The man nodded, pulled an evidence bag out of his pocket, and held it up.
“What is that?” I asked.