Tell My Dad Read Online Free

scanned the house for signs of the girl.
    “The girl’s still asleep in the bedroom. She’s heavily sedated. An ambulance is on the way,” the officer said.
    “No one else in the house?”
    “Nope. We searched the entire house.”
    “Check the bathrooms. Backyard as well. The killer must be somewhere close by.”
    Ackerman stared again at the graffiti on the dead man’s forehead. In less than a week, two people had been killed in San Mateo. The killer had written the same warning on the forehead.
    He ran his right hand through his hair as he watched the blood streak on the hardwood floor. The guy on the couch had been dragged from the bedroom to the couch. Did the killer kill him before dragging him?
    He watched Walker pulling a wallet out from the jeans hanging on the dining chair.
    “His name is, um— was Manuel Bracamontes.” Walker waved the driver’s license.
    Ackerman looked closely. “We need to find out everything about this guy. This is similar to the killing in the Delaware apartment on Sunday. There may be a connection between these two murders. The FBI is on their way. Their CARD team should know that there is a killer out there who is doing their job.”

Chapter 6
    S hannon Winters adjusted her dress , straightened the hair falling over her forehead, and checked the handbag one more time. Then, she walked over to Maria’s room and knocked on the door.
    “I’m heading out to the hospital. I locked the back door. Make sure you lock the dead bolt on the front door. Be safe, okay?”
    “Don’t worry, Mom. I’m not a baby anymore. I’m fifteen!” Maria got up from the red gaming chair, which she used for playing Halo on the Xbox mounted below the twenty-inch LED monitor.
    Shannon hugged her. “Well, you’re still a baby to me! Be safe. Call me if you need anything.” She watched Maria nodding and following her to the front door.
    “Don’t forget. Lock the dead bolt.”
    “How can I forget when you tell me that a hundred times?” Maria giggled as she locked the door. She watched through the window as her mother backed her Nissan Altima down the driveway.
    As soon as her mother’s car disappeared from her view, she ran to her room, brought the laptop to life, and logged on to Facebook. She quickly checked if Justin was online. His status was offline. She looked at the right bottom corner of her laptop screen. The computer clock indicated it was 9:00 p.m.
    The web page changed Justin’s status from “Offline” to “Mobile” with a green dot next to it.
    Her hormones surged, and her eyes lit up. She quickly typed, “Hi!!! Just got here?” and added multiple smiley emoticons in sequence.
    “Hey, Maria! You seem to be in a very good mood! I kept my word. I’m here sharply at nine! Just like I said!!”
    “Yeah, you are a man of your word!”
    “I am. You seem to be really happy today!”
    “Of course. My mom just left for the hospital.”
    “Oh yes! I remember, your mom is a nurse in Mills Peninsula, right?”
    “Yep! She won’t be back until 7:00 a.m. We can chat all night!!!”
    “Awesome! What are you wearing?”
    She blushed. “What am I wearing? Who wants to know? You naughty... :-)” She heard some rattling noise coming from the backyard as she added more emoticons to the chat window. What is that noise?
    She ignored the noise and focused on typing. “I’m not telling. You guess.”
    “My guess will be pretty wild!” Justin replied.
    She bit her lips, smiled, and thought about how to respond to his mischievous comment. Then, she heard the rattling noise again.
    “I think the raccoons are back. Let me check. Hold on.” She got to her feet without waiting for the reply.
    A big raccoon had gotten in last Sunday. Maria was so scared when she saw the raccoon coming into the kitchen. Her mother had been there to take care of it. Now, Maria started to worry. She checked the kitchen window. There was nothing. All the windows were tightly sealed. It was totally dark outside.