Harlan Coben's Shelter

Previously on Shelter...

They think whoever did this kidnapped our friend.

The man who did this to my husband,

- he had a tattoo on his face. - A tattoo of what?

An octopus.

Now Mrs. Kent is missing?

I have a plan.

How the fuck did you get the key?

Oh, my God.

Dr. Kent was Dylan Shakes' doctor.

The last entry doesn't have anything written.

That's the day that Dylan went missing.

- You good? - Yeah, of course.

Of course. Why? Why wouldn't I be?

Did you forget something?

Uh, yeah, I did.

This year's musical is...

Phantom of the Opera.

I had no idea you were such a songbird,

Ms. Winslow.

Ema, you're the Phantom.

Oh, my God, Ema, you're a motherfucking icon.

We gotta talk.

Just meet me at my house later, and I'll tell you everything.

Ashley came to cheer tryouts.

Some of the other girls started laughing at her,

so I followed her off to say sorry.

Get her in the van!

- Ah! - Ugh!

Come stay at my house.

So Ashley's here right now.

Yeah, she's in the pool house.

Wait, wait, Mickey, don't go outside.

Call 911.

I don't have a signal.

Fuck.

He's here for Ashley.

Mickey, no!

Ah!

Mickey, are you okay? Are you hurt?

Ashley, Ashley.

Ashley. Where's Ashley?

Ashley, where is she?

I don't... I don't know. She was in here.

She was... she was...

Ashley!

- We tried knocking. - We did.

So, Octoface, he starts fighting me,

and then Rachel pulls out a gun and shoots him.

- What? - Rachel shot Octoface?

Yeah.

And she was hiding Ashley the whole time?

That's fuckin' hardcore.

But now Ashley's on the run,

and we need to find her before Octoface does.

Fuck. What about you guys?

Uh...

we broke into Dr. Kent's office.

- Whoa, what? - It was not my idea.

Okay, so he's a pediatrician, right?

And you're never gonna guess

who his patient was 27 years ago.

No, actually, we literally don't have time

for guessing games. Mickey, just shut up.

It was Dylan Shakes.

We got pictures of Dylan's medical file.

- Just check this out. - Yeah.

So Dr. Kent would take notes after every one

of Dylan's visits. Look.

Broken right arm, dislocated shoulder,

concussions.

But Dr. Kent didn't put anything down

- for Dylan's last visit. - Mm-hmm.

September 8th.

The day he vanished.

Wait, I'm sorry, what the fuck?

Is that... is that the photo of Dylan's little league team

from right before he went missing?

Yeah.

My dad and Dylan were teammates.

Your dad knew Dylan?

They were best friends.

- Wait. - What?

Is that...?

Holy shit, that's Mrs. Friedman.

- Yeah. - She was head coach.

Okay, let's talk about this.

So Dylan went missing after one of his little league games.

A game coached by Mrs. Friedman.

Right.

Something happened to Dylan at that game.

Maybe Mrs. Friedman took him to see Dr. Kent.

Yeah.

We have to ask her some more questions.

Yeah, okay, okay, let me take a run at her.

Mrs. Friedman and I, we have history.

Okay.

- Mickey, breakfast. - Shit.

Ah, don't worry. It's perfectly edible.

Straight from the microwave.

I can tell.

I just thought you might want to fuel up

for the basketball tryouts today.

Right, tryouts.

So at the risk of incurring a category-5 teenage fit,

I heard you come in really late last night.

Do you care to share where you were?

- Rachel's. - Mmm...

What?

Is she your girlfriend?

No, no, we're just...

just history class project partners.

Okay, okay, whatever.

I'm gonna take this downstairs.

- Well, good luck today. - Thanks.

And remember, you're a Bolitar.

Kinda hard to forget in this town.

- Hi. - Mm-hmm.

- How are you, Arthur? - Great, yeah.

Uh, I actually just have a question about Dylan Shakes.

Oh, okay.

Um, what is it?

Well, I didn't realize that you

were Dylan's little league coach.

Oh, where did you get this?

It was Mickey's dad's.

Of course. I was both their coach.

So Dylan Shakes' doctor was a man

named Lawrence Kent, right?

Yeah, I was, uh, the first to take Dylan to see him.

Right, because his dad...

'Cause his dad abused him, yeah.

Dylan was very brave.

He once played a whole game in horrible pain.

He was wincing the whole time.

He was trying to cover it up, but I could tell,

and then Dr. Kent discovered he had a cracked rib

from where his father had kicked him.

And was it you who took Dylan

to see Dr. Kent on the day he disappeared?

No, I... I did not.

Is that true?

No, I mean, um, I think I just read that somewhere,

so it's probably... it's probably a rumor, so...

Arthur.

Is there something you're not telling me?

No. No, not a thing, really.

I'm, uh... I'm sorry to take up some of your time.

I'll see you later.

- Hello? - Hi!

So...

...what do you think of this space?

It's pretty cool, but why are we here?

Funny you should ask because this is my new restaurant.

- What? - Yes, I just signed the lease.

Uh, wow, well, uh, aren't we all kinds of impulsive lately?

I know.

I mean, I can't believe it's actually happening.

I'm kinda shitting a brick.

How long has this been in the works?

Uh, remember when I said that I just signed the lease?

That was, like, um, an hour ago, so...

What... how does Ken feel about it?

I have no idea 'cause I haven't told him yet.

What?

I know. He's probably gonna have a...

He's gonna have a total fucking conniption,

but what the fuck ever

because you know what? This is my life.

No, I... I mean, it is. It is. It is your life.

I mean, and lately, I've been like,

"Damn," you know?

Two seconds ago, I was 18, and I had all of this stuff

that I wanted to do with my life,

and I haven't done any of it.

I'm just still living in the same town

married to some dude who doesn't give a shit about me.

Well, come on, Hannah, I don't think you really feel that way.

I mean, you know Ken loves you.

Okay, sure, but that's not the same as giving a shit about me.

So we cut that part, okay?

So just keep it up, yeah.

You know what?

I don't think that's quite right.

I think what we should do is...

- Uh, Ms. Wyatt, Ms. Wyatt... - Find your trauma.

Ah, feel that, feel that. I feel that.

Ms. Wyatt, hi, I was thinking about, for the riff,

um, instead of, like...

Right, I was thinking more modern, right?

Like...

Oh, uh, sure, that would be great.

Thank you.

Ah, what have we... yes. This is what I'm talking about.

These textiles are amazing.

Uh, what do I... Robin. Robin.

- Yeah? - Where is the hat?

The one with the red feathers.

- This one? - Yes, yes, yes.

That is just what I'm talking about.