As she said this, a thought occurred to her. Some old memory from her past came bubbling to the surface. The memory was hazy, but she could remember the case it was pulled from.

Excuse me a second, would you?

With that, she got up and left the room. As she closed the door, she focused on the memory, making sure it didnt slip away. She grinned half-heartedly, wondering if her fear of not being able to hold onto distant memories was related to the fact that she was fifty-six years old or if her mind was simply crammed full of similar memories from her illustrious career.

She took out her cell phone and pulled up a number she had not even thought about in nearly a year. She looked at the name before calling, that same thin smile on her face.

Jimmy Parker. She had, of course, spoken to Parker for a bit when she had been asked to return to the bureau on something of a part-time basis. Between Parker and the partner shed had for the last eight years of her career, a younger guy named Logan Nash, she had plenty of invaluable resources to pull from. But in that moment, she thought of Jimmy Parker. Hed been with her during this memory in her head and, besides that, the man was the sort of older manin his sixties nowwho seemed to enjoy doling out insights.

She sent the call, fully expecting him to ignore it. However, she also knew that if he saw her name on the display (assuming he still had her number saved) hed likely jump at the opportunity to speak with her.

When the call was answered on the second ring, she was delighted. Not only because he had taken the call, but to be able to hear his voice again.

My caller ID reads Kate Wise, Parker said. But that cant be right. Kate Wise was re-recruited to the bureau and is out catching bad guys.

Hi to you, too, Jimmy.

Kate. How are you? To what do I owe the pleasure?

Well, I hate to be hasty, but you werent too far off from the truth. I am out trying to catch a bad guy and this moment popped up in my head. Back in the early nineties, I think it was. You and I were out west somewhere…in Kansas, I think. A missing persons case involving two men. But the details just wont come to me.

That would be the Tremblay case. I dont recall the name of the town but it was one of those rustic farming communities. Two brothers got into a squabble and one killed the other. The one that survived ran off, taking his brothers kid with him.

Yeah. Thats the one. It popped up in my head as we were going over this current missing persons case and I cant really figure out why.

What are the details?