Chapter 10

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Mick closed his office door and went to his desk, leaning back against it while he waited for Wynn to sit.

“Doing a power play on me?” Wynn asked with a bit of a smile.

“Nope. Just figured I’d be pacing before I finished talking and so why get settled.” He paused, gathering his thoughts. “The way I see it, you’re real sure this man’s going to come back again, looking for these pictures you have. Right?”

“Right. Which is why I want to get out of here. If you can honestly tell him that I’m alive and gone, with my stuff, he’ll accept it and not cause any problems here in town.”

“I could lie and tell him that.”

Wynn shook his head. “He’d know.”

“I’m a damned good liar when I have to be.”

“Doesn’t matter. He’d know.”

Mick looked at him askance but accepted that for the moment. “All right. So going with what you think will happen, he should be coming back real soon. It’s been twenty-four hours since he took your car. Bynow he knows what he’s looking for isn’t in it.”