Free Blackwaters: A Kate Reid Novel (The Kate Reid Series Book 4) by Robin Mahle

wasn’t the wisest, although she wouldn’t hesitate to call Nick, but she didn’t have that kind of relationship with Dwight. That was probably a good thing because it meant she wouldn’t lean on him the way she always had with Nick.
    Kate considered herself independent, but in reality, there were certain things that drove her to seek help. And others, well, she wouldn’t dream of ever asking, and they usually involved things in her past for which no help could be offered anyway.
    She logged off and closed the lid of her laptop. It was out of her hands and it would have to wait until tomorrow.
     
     
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    Kate appeared outside of Dwight’s office and waited for an invitation.
    “Good morning. Come on in.” He noticed her immediately.
    “Morning. Did you get the message I left earlier?”
    “I did. You should’ve called me. I would’ve picked you up.” Dwight pushed aside some paperwork and gave Kate his full attention.
    “Thanks, but it wasn’t too much of a problem. The tow truck dropped me off and I’ll take the train tonight to the mechanic and pick it up. I appreciate it, though.” Kate took her usual seat. “Listen, I wanted to talk to you about something that I was thinking of last night.”
    “Shoot.” He placed his elbows on the table and folded his hands beneath his chin, ready to listen, but his eyes immediately turned toward the door. “Well, hello there.”
    Before Kate could utter a word, she spun to see Georgia in the doorway. “Hey.”
    “Sorry to interrupt.”
    “Not at all. What’s up?” Dwight replied.
    “Actually,” Kate began. “You might be able to help. You got a second?”
    “I only came in to drop off a few things for Nick. I’m leaving later today and I know he’ll be in here on Monday, but—um, sure, I got a second.” Georgia stepped inside. “Is this about the bodies found in the river? Nick mentioned something about it last night.”
    “It is, yes. I was wondering if you might consider taking a look at the profiles of the victims. I think our unsub might have left us a clue,” Kate replied.
    “You know what?” Dwight picked up his phone. “Let me give Lyons a call. We’re still missing some information, but maybe if we have a quick pow-wow, it might give you a better idea of what we’re dealing with.”
    Dwight pressed the speakerphone button and waited for the line to answer.
    “This is Lyons.”
    “Agent Lyons, this is Dwight Jameson. Listen, I’ve got you on speakerphone here in my office and I’m with Agents Reid and Myers. Do you have a moment?”
    “Georgia Myers?”
    “Yes, I’m here.”
    “Nice to hear from you. It’s been a while,” Lyons said.
    “Yes, it has. I understand you’ve been directing efforts on this Blackwater investigation?”
    “That’s why I wanted to give you a quick call,” Dwight interrupted. “I won’t keep you, but it sounds like you are already aware of Agent Myers’ work. So you know that she’s the best profiler we have.”
    “Yes, I am well aware of that,” Lyons replied.
    This was a coincidence, Kate thought. Georgia did have a stellar reputation and often consulted on a variety of investigations, but she was unware that the two had been previously acquainted.
    “Good. I was thinking we could have Agent Myers do a workup on the information we have to date, which, by the way, it appears as though we are missing the second coroner’s report, if you wouldn’t mind sending that over this morning,” Dwight said.
    “Not at all, and I would be happy to have Myers’ help on this. The more eyes the better as far as I’m concerned.”
    “Great. Thank you, Agent Lyons. I’ll keep an eye out for the second report and, in the meantime, we’ll continue working on our end. If anything else pops up, we’ll be in touch. Oh, and by the way, SSA Scarborough will be back on Monday. I understand you were initially interested in working with him on this investigation. If that is still your