When Lena locked the door, Darlene was still watching from across the road.

For the first time, the older woman did not ask a question.

PART 8: The Man in the Cap

The partial license plate led to three possible vehicles.

One belonged to a landscaping company that had been across town.

Another had been sold months earlier.

The third was a dark hatchback registered to a man named Nolan Price, thirty-eight, who worked occasional shifts as a private vehicle-recovery contractor.

Nolan had not been dispatched by police or the pharmacy that day.