Cracked along one side.
“Was this theirs?”
Lucas took it.
Bluetooth.
No visible branding.
Miller called the deputy before the patrol car reached the highway.
The scene was reopened.
The earpiece became evidence.
The implications were obvious.
The intruder might have been listening to someone else.
Or someone might have been listening through him.
Walsh immediately checked the building cameras again.
Two feeds had been interrupted.
Rear alley.
Side lot.
Not random.
Jojo locked the front door.
Miller stopped him.
“No panic.”
“I’m not panicking.”
“You just locked a door hard enough to bend it.”
Jojo released the handle.
“Fine.”
Miller looked around.
“We do this clean.”
Lucas nodded.
“Families first.”
Members began calling spouses, siblings, parents, and adult children.