"Nah. If she was dead in a ditch somewhere, there would have been news of it somewhere. Either someone would be braggin' or there would be news of it on the telly." Cooper believed in a certain amount of luck that watched over those young souls who often did stupid things. Alex seemed to have more than her fair share on her side.

"Keep me in the loop if you hear anything, will you?" He asked. Right now, he was still stuck in square one. Unless he managed to manufacture a little luck of his own, Alex was going to get away scot-free and Cooper was going to have a very bad temper for the next month or so.