Forgotten (29 page)
Authors: Mariah Stewart
T
he detective, who’d been sitting on the wall watching the exchange, picked up the camera and began to shoot as each new bone was uncovered.
“Gonna get my people out here to get the remains ready for transport,” Patton said. He took the phone from his pocket and made his call.
“Yeah, Harve, I’m up here on Turner’s Hill with Chief Duffy and a couple ’a her people and the FBI. Got us some bones. Bring me up a bag to bring them back in.”
“Two,” Joanna said. “Tell him to bring two bags.”
“What?” Patton turned to the grave where the techs had stopped digging.
“Two sets of remains, two bags.” Joanna stood and wiped the sweat from her brow with the back of her right hand. She glanced from the ME to the police chief to Portia. “There’s a second body in here.”
“Are you sure?” Portia leaned into the grave.
“Yes, ma’am.” Joanna nodded certainly. “Unless the boy you’re looking for had two heads, there’re two people buried here.”
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M
ARIAH
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TEWART
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Forgotten
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
2008 Ballantine Books Mass Market Edition
Copyright © 2008 by Marti Robb
Excerpt from
Goodbye Again
copyright © 2008 by Marti Robb
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Goodbye Again
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