Seal It With A Kiss (McClellan Trilogy) by Judy Hagemann Read Free Book Online

front of him and looking busy. The words in the file were nothing but a blur no matter how much he tried to concentrate. “ I’m not acting like a ten year old ,” he thought to himself.
    “I’m going to head over to victim number three’s house and ask her if she has ever gone to O’Donnell’s.” Holly said as she got up and headed for the door.
    “Not without me you aren’t”
    “I am a big girl you know. I don’t need a little boy to tag along.” She said as she shut the door on her way out.
    “I’m not ten!” He shouted at the door.
    Holly heard his parting comment and smiled as she said, “Are too!”
    Holly arrived at Sara’s apartment and knocked on the door. Moments later the door opened a crack and she heard a voice ask, “Who’s there?”
    “Detective Cavanaugh, ma’am.”
    “Can I see some I.D.?”
    “Sure.” She said handing it through the crack in the door.
    Sara opened the door and handed the badge back to Holly as she looked around outside. “I’m alone today. Detective McClellan isn’t with me.”
    “Did you get a hold of my sister?”
    “Yes, I spoke with her earlier and she was extremely helpful, but I needed to ask you another question after speaking with her.”
    “I see, well I will try to answer it for you then.”
    “Great! Have you ever been to O’Donnell’s Bar & Grille?”
    “Yes, I was only there one time though. I went with some of my college friends.”
    “Do you remember if this was before or after your rape?”
    “Definitely before. I haven’t been able to leave my apartment since.”
    “Okay, I have another difficult question—Can you give me a time frame in association to when you were there and when the rape occurred?”
    “Let me grab my calendar.”
    “No problem, take your time.”
    “Okay, we had finals on Tuesday, May 3 rd and a bunch of us went there to celebrate and I was raped on Saturday, May 7 th .”
    “Sara, you have done a really good job here today. Thank you for your time.”
    “Detective Cavanaugh?”
    “Yes?”
    “Will I ever get my life back?”
    Holly pulled Sara into a hug as a tear hit her cheek. “Yes, but it will take a lot of time and hard work on your part.”
    “Thank you.”
    Holly got back in the car to drive to the precinct and immediately shut off the radio. She didn’t feel like listening to any music. She just needed silence so that she could take what she had learned from Sara and try to piece something together. This was now personal to her as Sara’s plea had cracked the surface of her heart and she felt she owed it to her. This girl needed her life back. 

CHAPTER SIX
    As usual, when Brock arrived at work, Holly was already going over the case files.
    “You know you are starting to make me look bad—don’t you?” Brock asked dryly.
    “Detective McClellan.”
    “Cavanaugh.”
    “How did the interview go last night with victim number three?” He continued.
    “Her name is Sara. Her damn name is Sara.” Holly stated angrily.
    “Whoa! Where is this coming from?”
    “This monster has broken that girl, and I will get the son of a bitch.” Holly avowed.
    “Cavanaugh—you can’t make this personal. It will just make the job harder for you.”
    “If only you would have seen her last night.”
    “I wanted to go with, but you wouldn’t let me.” Brock pointed out.
    “I don’t think she would have opened up with you there. She shuts down around men.”
    “I take it you were able to piece something together?”
    “Yes, Sara was in that bar the Tuesday before she was raped.”
    “Great—the perp must have been in there too—that’s the connection we are looking for. Good job Cavanaugh.”
    “Remember the other day I was going through this file here and I had a feeling that there was something here?” Holly continued.
    “Yes, did you figure it out?”
    “I did. Take a look at this picture.” She said handing him a photograph.
    Brock took the photo from her and stared at it. “I’ll be