. the only actual physical effort the detective put into the search - beyond walking around - was to pull back the shower curtain , open two closet doors , and drop to one knee to scan the space below the bed .
once sewster convinced herself that there was no one in the place who was either already dead or requireing law-enforcement or medical assistance , she said ," we're done ." she gave stevie her business card and told her if she learned something new that she should contact her directly and she would walk her through the process of starting the machinery for tracking down her wayward sibling .
"wayward " was dewster's word . she hadn't used it gnerously .
stevie held trhe detective 's business card the way a strange might hold a dirty diaper handle to her by a harried mother .
dewster stopped near the front door of the unit . over her shopulder she said to stevie ." this woman-your sister - left here voluntarily . light off , door locked . no for=ced entry . no sign of struggle . i assume she had a suitcase when she arrived . it's not here now . no purse . no phone . she packed up . and she left ."
it wasn't news to stevie , who looked annoyed . and disinterested .
merideth said ," but -"
dewster intereruptd her ." it's hard to accept . for family , i mean . it is . but sometimes people walk away from their llives . you don't know wy they do it , but they do . happens more than you think .what next ? your sister will give someone a all . that's what usually happens . she's gone off somewhere , maybe she met some charming somebody and ....when she shows up again she might be sorry . or not . sh might say she was " sorting thing out ," like that ," dewster managed a wry grin ." she might admit there was a guy . and that she misread him ."
" that's it ?" merideth asked .
dewster turned to stevie again ." if she's anything like my relatives , you'll hear from her whren she's out of money . my sister's first husband ?
once sewster convinced herself that there was no one in the place who was either already dead or requireing law-enforcement or medical assistance , she said ," we're done ." she gave stevie her business card and told her if she learned something new that she should contact her directly and she would walk her through the process of starting the machinery for tracking down her wayward sibling .
"wayward " was dewster's word . she hadn't used it gnerously .
stevie held trhe detective 's business card the way a strange might hold a dirty diaper handle to her by a harried mother .
dewster stopped near the front door of the unit . over her shopulder she said to stevie ." this woman-your sister - left here voluntarily . light off , door locked . no for=ced entry . no sign of struggle . i assume she had a suitcase when she arrived . it's not here now . no purse . no phone . she packed up . and she left ."
it wasn't news to stevie , who looked annoyed . and disinterested .
merideth said ," but -"
dewster intereruptd her ." it's hard to accept . for family , i mean . it is . but sometimes people walk away from their llives . you don't know wy they do it , but they do . happens more than you think .what next ? your sister will give someone a all . that's what usually happens . she's gone off somewhere , maybe she met some charming somebody and ....when she shows up again she might be sorry . or not . sh might say she was " sorting thing out ," like that ," dewster managed a wry grin ." she might admit there was a guy . and that she misread him ."
" that's it ?" merideth asked .
dewster turned to stevie again ." if she's anything like my relatives , you'll hear from her whren she's out of money . my sister's first husband ?
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