“We do,” she said.

“Did we get them?”

“Most of them. We’re working on bringing in the ringleader now.”

Half an hour after they went into the room, Mark and Maura emerged. She was tearful. He was pissed.

“Josh wants to see you,” Mark said. “You’ve got five minutes.”

Though Josh had described his family as not particularly close, Sam was glad that his siblings seemed to care so much about him. He was going to need their support in the days and weeks to come as his new reality set in.

Sam went into the room, wincing at the sight of his bruised and battered face. His upper lip was grossly swollen and one eye completely closed. He had a bandage on his forehead and another on his chin, through both of which she could see sutures.

“How’re you feeling?” she asked.

“Great...”

“I’m so sorry this happened, Josh.”

“How’s Freddie?”

“Better than you. Banged up but back to work today.”

“That’s a relief. He was super cool. He told me to do whatever I was told and stay alive. Just stay alive, he said.”

“That was good advice.”

“It was Dustin. I couldn’t believe it when I saw him there—at the house where they took us.”

“Did he say anything to you?”

“Just that he was sorry. He was really sorry, but he had to do it.” Josh tried to sit up and groaned, his hands covering his head. “God, my head is killing me, and they said he drugged me.”

“He gave you phenobarbital, enough to almost kill you.”

“How could he try to kill me? He’s known me all my life.”

“We think he also killed your father.”

“Why? Why would he do that?”

“The DNA results are back, and you’re a match to Mr. Rollings.” Sam said it quickly but succinctly. “Detective Watson from the Franklin police department in Tennessee is notifying the Rollings family as we speak. He said they’re going to want to see you. How do you feel about that?”

“I... I suppose it’s fine. They’ve waited a long time.”

“Yes, they have.”

“So what does that have to do with Dustin and my father’s murder?”

“We think something went down thirty years ago in Knoxville when your family and Dustin lived there.”

“They never talked about living in Tennessee. I didn’t even know they did. Is that weird?”

“It is, but it was also a difficult time in your parents’ marriage. Did you know they separated for about six months?”

“No, I’ve never heard that either, and it surprises me. They were always so solid, or at least they seemed that way to me.”

“And your siblings never talked about Tennessee or your parents living apart?”

“No.”

“Your mother came right out and admitted to us the other night that you’re adopted. They never told you that?”