9 Sheriff Bailey “Buster” Gibbons and Joe Riddley met in kindergarten. Buster’s one of our best friends, but law officers don’t look like friends when you’ve got an unexplained corpse in the corner. I was actually nervous as Buster sauntered my way. He looked like a bloodhound, but those sad eyes...
28 Rustle, whisper, crackle. The outer walls of the building were brick and the roof tin, but the rafters and interior walls were pine. They’d go up like kindling. Besides, the back was full of chemicals. Would I burn first or be asphyxiated? I jerked my leg, hoping the cuffs would give. They did...