Chapter 45

When they had arrived at the station, Jodi wasn’t walking fast enough for Marty, so he scooped her up in the parking lot and carried her in.

The rookie and Patty were knocked out cold when they had arrived. The pale man, who Jodi learned later was called Ghost, was walking down the hall towards them. He had on an orange jumpsuit. The conversation played out in Jodi’s mind.

“I told you, Paul. Ghost got captured because he wanted to be. He already took care of the pests,” Marty bragged as he held Jodi in his arms. “You have time to figure out which office is Kirby’s?”

The frightening man nodded and pointed down the hall.

“Aw, he didn’t take my old office? Figures. Kirby needs a lot of space for that ego of his," Marty said.

“We brought you some decent clothes, Ghost,” Paul stated, all the while having a gun pointed at Jackie and Bonnie. “I’ll need your help bandaging this graze I got in the shootout, my friend.”

Now, they were in Matt’s office waiting for him to show up. Jodi knew he w