Free In Plain Sight by Fern Michaels

went through the house that it was both of your opinions that the women skedaddled on their own. Meaning that Lincoln Moss did not find and snatch his wife.” Jack nodded. “Then we need to find out all there is to find out about Jason Woods and the best place to do that is . . . drumroll please . . . Facebook! Young people, especially college students, live on Facebook. All they do is tweet and twitter and blog and text. I am confident we can find out everything there is to know about that young man within an hour. There is no reason to think this guy is any different. With both their cars still in the driveway, how did they get away, and don’t tell me they walked. Someone had to pick them up and take them somewhere, and my guess is Jason Woods is the one who drove them away.”
    “He’s absolutely right,” Abner muttered as he tapped furiously, which just proved to everyone what he had said all along, he could do two things at once.
    “Do it, kid!” Jack said. Dennis grinned, his thumbs tapping away almost as fast as Abner’s busy fingers.
    “We are making progress here,” Alexis said happily as she winked at Espinosa. “So far, Isabelle, Yoko, and I are the only ones without an assignment. With the exception of Myra and Annie,” she added hastily. “Charles, what can we do?”
    “What would you ladies like to do?” Charles said, turning the question right back at Alexis.
    Charles pretended to think, then finally said, “This might be a good time for you girls to put pen to paper where Pearl is concerned. She doesn’t have to go anywhere to get her files since they’re all in her head. I think once we see everything there is to see as to how her underground works, names, profiles, we’ll be better equipped to go down that road. All in favor say aye!” The room burst into sound.
    Pearl turned white, made a move to get up until she saw Kathryn’s hand poised midway to the tabletop. Her eyes filled as she settled back down on her chair.
    “You have to give it all up right now, Pearl,” Myra said gently. “It goes without saying that all of us here will take your secrets and those of your people to our graves.”
    “If you don’t, Pearl, I will shoot you myself, and you know what a good shot I am,” Annie said, her eyes sparking dangerously.
    Pearl nodded, her face miserable, tears puddling in her eyes. “It all started the day I found out my son-in-law was abusing my daughter and their child. I was still a sitting justice on the Supreme Court at the time. I knew . . .”
    Two hours later, the group sat back in their chairs and stared at Pearl. Not with anger or frustration but with admiration bordering on awe. No one said a word. Only because none of the people in the room knew what to say. It was Kathryn who got up, walked around to where Pearl was sitting, and held out her hand. “I honest to God don’t know of another person in this whole world who could have done what you’ve done, Pearl. Please, I’d be more than honored to shake your hand. I think we all now understand where you are truly coming from.” Instead, Pearl reached up and hugged Kathryn so tight, she squealed.
    “Don’t you feel better now, Pearl, since you shared all of that? We can help. We will help,” Myra said. Pearl nodded, but she still looked miserable.
    “It’s getting late. I say we call it a night and pick up tomorrow morning where we’re leaving off right now,” Annie suggested.
    “Who’s staying over?” Charles asked.
    It turned out that everyone elected to return to their respective homes with the promise of reconvening at eleven the following morning.
    When the last car left the driveway, Charles turned to Myra and kissed her on the cheek. “It was a good day, wasn’t it?”
    “It was, Charles. I had no idea Pearl’s underground was as involved and as extensive as it is. I understand the secrecy, but I also understand that if she were to keep on the way she’s been going, mistakes would be made,