Page 62 of The Whispering Girls
“Umm. No. Anything else?” She seemed bored and had her mind on other things.
“Oh, one more thing,” said Katie.
Tami took her eyes away from her phone.
“Does the Woodsman mean anything to you?”
“Woodsman?” she repeated.
“Yes.”
She shrugged, but her eyes and the expression on her face seemed to change. “Nope. Unless you mean some reality showwhere guys chop down really big trees?” She made a half smile. “Is that it?”
“I think we’re good for now. Thanks.”
“Text me anytime.” Tami left.
Katie leaned back in her chair and thought about what Tami had told her. The young woman didn’t seem to be hiding anything, but her body language changed when Katie had brought up the Woodsman.
“Hey,” said McGaven sitting down. “Anything?”
“One of those for me?” she said referring to the two coffee drinks.
“Here.” McGaven slid one over to his partner.
“What’s in the bag?”
“Nothing.”
Katie gave him the look that she didn’t believe him.
“All right. I’ll share my cinnamon roll, but it’s under protest.” He tore off a piece for her.
“Thank you.”
“So, anything new?” he said.
“Not really, but she did say that she’d never seen TJ before…and she stated that TJ looked like Theresa.”
“Interesting,” he said munching on the cinnamon bun.
“She thought Devin was a loser. And mentioned that she thought she saw Theresa riding in the passenger seat of a pickup truck the day before she was murdered—not looking very happy.”
“Don’t know what to think about that. Think it was the last person she was with before being killed?”
“It’s possible.”
“Here’s your pup cup,” said the barista and set it down. It was a small cup with whipped cream.
“Thank you.”
“You’re going to spoil Cisco,” she said smiling.
“It’s the least I could do since he’s got to hang out in the carwhile we interview people and check out places. Was there anything else from Tami?”
“A strange thing…when I asked her about the Woodsman, she seemed to be a little frightened.”
“What’s with this Woodsman?”
