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Chapter 42

“Sounds like he suspects someone’s trying to frame you,” Garry said when Wylie finished.

“Yep. Not that he’ll ignore any more anonymous tips. He has to do his job. He also warned us to back off. Us, not just me. He thinks I dragged you and Carl into the search.”

Garry grinned. “Kicking and screaming all the way…not.”

“No kidding. Oh, I gave him a copy of the map you put together.”

“Earning brownie points?”

“He thanked me, so maybe. He said he’d put together the same list of names, but hadn’t gotten any further than that. Damn, I should have asked if he was going to have his deputies do drive-bys to check on them.”

“Despite his usually caustic attitude, he’s a decent sheriff, so he probably will.”