They’d left the campground an hour prior. He looked back over his shoulder at Molly dancing on the galley’s white tile floor. She had her maroon-dyed hair pulled back in a ponytail and was wearing a tiny green T-shirt and a pair of little tan shorts—both articles of clothing had belonged to the d...
A pair of employees stared at us from behind the counter, worry covering their faces. “The deputy that came in a minute ago?” I asked. One of the girls spoke up. “He’s with Jim, the swing manager, in the office. They just went back.” She pointed. &n...
The family dog, a brown lab, met him at the door—tail wagging. “Hi, Otis. How’s the puppy?” Tom reached down and patted the dog on the head. Tom made an immediate left and walked up the stairs to the second level—the dog followed. Upstairs, he walke...
I tried calling him twice. The last time, the person I spoke with said he was in an interview. All I could do was wait. I filled the time with talking to Callie and every other family member I had at the hotel in hiding. Each asked if I knew how long they would be there. A...
We went through each shot fired at us and my return fire. The amount of blood left in the snow suggested kills of both shooters. The officers got in contact with the driver of the car I’d run off the road. The man claimed the black sedan left the driveway heading east within five minutes of Melis...
The strike he had delivered knocked the lieutenant out cold. He yanked him across the hood of the car and let him fall to the ground. Ray took the cuffs from the back of Lieutenant Kane’s belt and linked his wrists behind his back. The lieutenant was scooped from the ground and carried to the tru...
I included the new details that it might have been equipped for wheelchairs and that someone was stopping into the field office later to go through some photos. I told her I’d fill her in on the rest when I returned. Beth responded that she’d pass the information along. I put my phone back in my ...
“He try running?” I asked. Tom nodded. “He got about five feet.” “Search him?” I asked. “Yeah, his things are on the table there.” Tom nodded toward it. I went over and set down everything I’d taken fr...