Jundidn''''''''tsleepthatnight.Instead,hespentthehoursbingthroughthefilesofthetwomissinggirls.
OhemhadworkedatRedLanternforhalfayearbeforeshevanished—simplyfailedtoshowuponem.Herroommate,alsoanundotedimmigrant,wastooscaredtoreportit.
Theonlyreasonthecaseeveintothesystemwasbecauseamansheowedmoogotnervousshe''''''''dskippedtownandcalledthepolicehimself.
Whenthepolicequestioherestaurantowner—oldHessel—aboutwhyhehadn''''''''treportedhisemployeemissing,he''''''''dshruggeditoff.Saidthepcewasbusy,hedidn''''''''thavetimetochaseafterfkyworkers.pihatcash-paidstaffswereunreliable—thisonehadevenstolenfromhisregisterandrunoff,orsohecimed.
Thenthecopsaskedwhyhehadn''''''''treportedthetheft.
Hesseljustugheditoff."Notmuey,"he''''''''dsaid."Fetit."
Junknewwhatthatmeant.Theoldmandidn''''''''twantanyonelookingtoocloselyathisbooks.
ThefilealsotaiatementsfromHessel''''''''swifeandtheirdeliveryboy.Theirstoriesmatchedalmostwordforword.ThatwaswhenJunfirstnoticedadetail—Hessel''''''''swifehadgotteizenshipthroughmarriage.Andthedeliveryboy,Kurt,wastheirson.
Theseissinggirlhadstedonlytwoweeks.Sheclockedoutasusualonenight,andbym,shewasgohistime,Hesseldidn''''''''tevenbothertosoundsurprised.Saidhewasusedtoit.Cimedhehadn''''''''tletherhecashregister,soatleastnothimissing.
Therestofthereportwasthesamepattern—interviewswithroommates,friends,boyfriends.hegirlshadstablehousing.Theydriftedfromonecheaprentaltothe,carryinglittlemorethanabagofclothes.Nothingtheyleftbehindofferedanyclues.
Andlikethat,bothcasesfadedintothebackgrouy—unsolved,unremembered.
Junwaothekitandbrewedhimselfacupofcoffee.Thepalemlightspilledthroughthewindow,buttheuneaseinhischestwouldn''''''''tsettle.
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