C97 It wasn’t a match

**Lucas**

Just then, I could feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. I pulled it out and checked the caller ID—Detective Mike. Then I sighed, my eyes shifting back to Valerie. “Sorry, I have to take this.”

She nodded, and I made my way outside the club to the parking lot, where it was quiet.

"Mr. Stone, it's Detective Mike.”

“I know,” I replied