When Marlin had told Garza and Tatum the news, Garza had said, “Take Brooks with you. I want to see how she handles herself.” Now, in the truck, Nicole’s first words were “Got stuck with the new kid on the block, huh?” Marlin looked over at her. “Makes no difference to me. I imagine you saw plenty in Mason County.” He realized how silly that sounded. Mason County was as quiet and relatively crime-free as Blanco County. She didn’t seem to notice. They drove in silence through the tiny town of Round Mountain, then, just south of Marble Falls, he swung the truck south-east on Highway 71. “How long have you been in Blanco County?” Nicole asked. “All my life.” Marlin cracked a window. Only April, and already it was damn warm outside. Humid, too. “How about you?” he asked “Six weeks,” she said, sounding puzzled. “No, I mean, where’re you from?” “Born in Seguin, but I’ve lived all over the state. I was with the department in Mason County for seven years.
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