City of Fire
“Sanchez lived at the beach in Playa Del Rey and had offered to give Lena a lift back to the crime scene where she’d left her car. The clock on the dash read 10:15 p.m., but as she looked out the windshield at the bright wall of fog, it felt later than that. Maybe two or three days later.
She had reached the point where caffeine no longer had an effect. The entire team had, and she wondered how Sanchez was managing the narrow road. He looked exhausted and hadn’t said a word for the last twenty m...inutes. As she thought it over, she realized that he had been quiet for most of the day. While they’d waited on Paladino, she’d seen Sanchez walk away from his desk two or three times with his cell phone.
Sanchez made a left on Oak Tree and rolled over the wooden bridge. Idling past the death house without looking at it, he pulled over and stopped behind Lena’s car.
“You okay driving, Tito?”
“Sure, Lena. How ’bout you?”
“I’m good,” she said. “But you’ve been pretty quiet.”MoreLess
She had reached the point where caffeine no longer had an effect. The entire team had, and she wondered how Sanchez was managing the narrow road. He looked exhausted and hadn’t said a word for the last twenty m...inutes. As she thought it over, she realized that he had been quiet for most of the day. While they’d waited on Paladino, she’d seen Sanchez walk away from his desk two or three times with his cell phone.
Sanchez made a left on Oak Tree and rolled over the wooden bridge. Idling past the death house without looking at it, he pulled over and stopped behind Lena’s car.
“You okay driving, Tito?”
“Sure, Lena. How ’bout you?”
“I’m good,” she said. “But you’ve been pretty quiet.”MoreLess
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