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I want to laugh, but he's not going to be laughing in just a fewto the chase "I've identified one of them"

I can literally hear , pained breath, because he knows exactly what I' about "You did?"

"About nine nized the red bird tattoo"

My father knows about the tattoo He anda hand as I recounted to the police as best I could the spotty details of what I remembered

"Jesus, Sela," he says in astonisho to the police"

"I am," I assure him "Soonprobably this week But I need to tell you so to like Sooing to like"

"You can tell ," he reassures me, which I already know It makes me ashamed that he wasn't the first person I told on that horrid day long ago when I saw JT on the television

Taking a deep breath, I tell him as succinctly as I can just the crucial details "It's JTI mean Jonathon Townsend, Beck's partner"

Dad curses, but I talk over hiet it all out "When I realized who he was, I considered going to the police, but then quickly discounted it I was afraid they couldn't do anything because of the memory issues, but more important, I wanted JT to suffer for what he did I also wanted to knoho the other un, force hi to kill him"

"Are you kidding me?" my dad yells into the phone

"DadI didn't go through with that plan," I say quickly in an effort to keep him focused

"But you were going to kill hi incredulous "Do you kno insane that is?"

"Yes, I get that," I assure hi rashly, but I've got that under control now That night I went to confront JTwell, I met Beck instead"

"Does he know?" dad asks quietly

"Yes, he does And we're currently working on a plan to get JT out of The Sugar Bowl first before we go to the police Get things cleaned up on Beck's end so that hopefully when JT's arrested, it won't affect the business"

"It will still blow back on Beck," my dad says

And that's true When this hits theto be about how the fored with rape Beck's business will take a hit "We know, but it's still going to be much easier to have JT rear Bohen he's arrested, Beck will have to run things by hi to be so probably will try to intentionally run it into the ground It will be tough on everyone once this goes public, but we'll get through it"

"Of course we'll get through it," he says soothingly "I'ht there by your side"

"The police may not think h to force hiive DNA," I tell my dad "He may stay free"

"And if that happens, what's your plan then?" will I revert back to inal plan for murder?

"Then I'll have to live et justice for what happened to h"

I think

God, I hope

I really, really hope I can let it go if it comes to that

I open the door to Michael Mina, an upscale, elegant San Francisco restaurant Due to the abundant natural light froe s in both the front and back of the restaurant, I easily spot Dennis sitting in a booth aboutto hi someone and I see him over there"