Two Cops Showed Up the Morning After He Ran Off

the locked drawer.

“Key?”

“No idea.”

She looked at me. “Mind if we pop it?”

“Please.”

Merrill used a flat tool from his belt and had it open in ten seconds.

Inside were old bank envelopes, a cheap watch, two resort brochures, and a black fireproof safe the size of a loaf of bread.

Pratt crouched.

“Combination?”

I shook my head.

She picked up the safe and tested continue reading …