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Authors: Jill
profiling. This is a horrible mistake.”
“Carlotta.”
She looked up to see Jack. “Jack!” She ran to him and put
her arms around his chest. “Thank God you’re here. Tel
them.” She gestured frantically to Maria and the GBI
agents who were talking between themselves while Coop
stood nearby with a uniform on each side, his head down.
“Tel them they’re making a huge mistake. You know Coop.
He could not have done these things.” She was crying now.
“Jack, do something.”
“It’s out of my hands,” Jack murmured quietly.
Agent Wick came over. “Thanks for the tip, Jack, letting us
know where we could find Craft.”
Carlotta pul ed away, stricken. “You led them to Coop?
How could you do that?”
“It’s for his own good,” Jack said quietly. “Come on, I’l
take you to Ashford’s.”
She jerked away. “I’m not going anywhere with you.”
Jack’s face softened—he looked a little dazed himself.
“This isn’t the time to be stubborn. I’l explain everything
in the car.” He turned her away from Coop. “Come on,
let’s get your things and go.”
She had to lean on Jack’s arm on the way to the parking lot
because she couldn’t see through the tears. He settled her
in the front passenger seat of his sedan, then they headed
north on Peachtree. Jack had to take a cel -phone call.
Carlotta looked down and realized that in one hand, she
stil clutched the paper Coop had given her. She wiped her
eyes, unfolded the report and scanned it several times to
make sense of the formatting. The chemical that had been
screened for was listed in the left column, and the results
on the right. She skimmed the results column and stopped
on a POSITIVE entry next to “Opiate/oxycodone.”
A perfect ending to a perfect day.
She sat back, tears continuing to rol down her cheeks.
Jack closed his phone, then reached inside his jacket
pocket and withdrew a handkerchief. He handed it to her,
his expression drawn. “You going to be okay?”
Carlotta took the hankie and wiped her face. Then she
blew her nose and took a deep breath. “I’l be fine.
Because this isn’t over, Jack. Coop is innocent. You’ll see.”
