Unfortunate Trio “I mean this, are we dating? Thinking about dating? Just friends with benefits?” she added, not at all okay with that idea. “I don’t know,” Dax admitted. “But we don’t have to figure it out today. You have work and I have dishes. Don’t stress over what this is, or it isn’t. Solve this case, then we’ll figure it out together.” Paige studied him for several seconds, then she leaned in and gently pressed her lips to his. “Thanks for dinner.” “You’re welcome,” Dax said taking a step back. “Go back to work, I’ve got this.” “And thanks for that too,” Paige said as she ran to her room. Within minutes she was darting back down the stairs. “I’m outta here,” she called once she reached the landing. “I’ll lock up and check on you tomorrow,” he called back. “Good luck, hope you get the bad guy.”
***** Paige stood and walked to the coffee pot, growled then slowly began to brew a new pot. She ran a frustrated hand through her hair, leaned against the counter and considered what they knew for about the hundredth time. Sean had made it back from Green River. He had video of the suspect, a partial plate... two letters to be precise and a big fat nothing. He had identified the third girl. Serenity Tisdale was their final victim. She’d been missing since October 12th. Serenity had stopped in Green River on her way home from a college reunion trip. She and her friends had hooked up at the Four Corners, spent a week touring the area then split up and headed their separate ways. The other two girls made it home, Serenity didn’t. The lab was still verifying her identity, but it was pretty much a given they’d found their girl. Margie and Dean were riffling through the database, trying to locate the vehicle by two freakin letters. A nearly impossible task. “You need to relax, Paige.” Sean had joined her and was doctoring his own favorite brew. “We’ll figure this out, we always do.”