Walt and I decided to take his pickup since it was quieter—at least it emitted the level of mufflered rumble most common in the county, unlike my newly souped-up Lentil. I gave Lentil’s keys to Clarice, and she drove to the bunkhouse to assist Tarq and Loretta. “They haven’t called yet,” Walt said. We were sitting in his pickup cab with the suitcase in the bed, shoved up against the rear window. “Let’s get as close as we can. I’m sure she’s at Ace Trailer Repair.” I chewed on my lip and thought through the scenario. Selma, or maybe Mindy, must have told Laney that Emmie was likely to start school with the boys. And Laney had told Chuck or somehow hinted at it while she was at work. How else could the kidnapper have known to go straight to the bunkhouse instead of searching the mansion? Maybe he’d seen Emmie outside during a play break. And he’d blended right in with the carpenter crew and their vehicles that had been parked outside the mechanics’ garage across the clearing from the bunkhouse.
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