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“She’d swiped a student ID.”
“Anything else?”
“She was really tall.”
“Sonofabitch!”
“Well put.”
“Did you find any record of Lena entering the U.S. around 2018?”
“Still working that angle. But I doubt the kid crossed the border legally, since she had no passport.”
“I really appreciate your help with this, Ryan.”
“Saint-Anicet was my case, too. Besides, I’ve got some free time right now.”
Disconnecting, I wondered. Was failure to find closure for the container vics the real explanation? Or did Ryan suspect a link to the hit-and-run on Laurier?
I returned to the diary.
Twenty pages in, hit gold.
Despite her oath of secrecy, Harmony couldn’t contain her elation over a newly acquired deet. Apparently, she considered Di a safe confidante.
I had to go over the line several times to be sure I was reading it correctly. Once with a magnifying glass.
WTFH? lc’s mo worked for big pharma???? I can’t even!!! We will def peep that!!!
The entry was dated August 25, 2017.
I dialed Ryan.
He picked up right away.
I read him the line.
“She can’t even what?”
“She’s amazed.”
“Does peep mean they intended to check the deet out?”
“I assume so.”
We both thought about that.
“When Lena went into DPJ care in 2002, where was she living?” I asked.
“Hold on.”
Not sure what Ryan did, but it took him forever.
“Laval.”
“Aren’t there scads of biotech firms there?”
“Indeed, there are.”
