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Chapters (64)
  1. Cover
  2. PRAISE FOR JANICE CANTORE
  3. Map of Rogue’s Hollow
  4. Dedication
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  6. Epigraph
  7. PROLOGUE
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  61. EPILOGUE
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  63. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  64. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

“Chevy, I have a photo for you to look at,” Steve said. “You may know the man, you may not. Just take a look, okay?”

Chevy’s attention was on the doorway where Nye was working on repairing the damage. He’d already cleaned up the blood.

“Chevy?” Steve prompted again.

She turned to him and nodded. He handed her the ID card in an evidence bag. She held it close to her face and squinted, then made a face and handed it back to Steve. “That’s Gage.”

“You know him?”

“I saw him a lot. He was mean to girls. Cyrus used him for security.”

Tess sucked in a breath. This was huge. The room was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.

After a moment, Tess asked. “Do you know his last name?”

She shook her head. “He was just Gage. Cyrus liked giving nicknames to people. Where’s the other guy?”

“He got away,” Tess said. When Chevy paled, she added, “But we’re looking hard for him.”

“The other guy is probably Ice.”

“Ice?”

“Yeah, he’s like a lieutenant for Cyrus. He’s the one who brought me to Cyrus. I didn’t tell Agent Bass about him.” Tears started to fall.

Oliver stepped forward and put a hand on the girl’s shoulder. “It’s all right. None of these people in this room will let anyone hurt you.”

“It’s not that. It’s . . . Well, I didn’t tell Agent Bass because . . . I thought Cyrus still loved me. That we could go back to the way things were before . . .” She sniffled, and Steve gave her a Kleenex.

“What didn’t you tell Bass?” Tess asked.

“Ice. He’s the one Cyrus calls when he wants people to disappear. If he’s the other guy, then that means Cyrus sent him after me.” She choked on a sob. “Cyrus really doesn’t love me.” She dissolved into tears on Oliver’s shoulder.

Tess shot a glance at Steve. She could tell he was thinking the same thing she was. If this Ice was the second gunman and Chevy could give them a good description, they might be on their way to identifying him. Another associate of Cyrus Beck implicated in the incident today could help Bass and his case.

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Ice scowled into the spitting rain, freezing and trying to keep his teeth from chattering. Besides, shivering sent pain through his body from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. His newfound friend had stashed a sharp little Polaris RZR utility vehicle in the bushes. They’d hopped on and were heading out of the forest, so on one hand he was thankful to be taken out of harm’s way. But on the other hand, Ice hated trusting his safety to a stranger. There was no way this guy was going to get five thousand dollars.