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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
  62. 1
  63. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  64. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

“Thanks, Bronwyn. We did need some good news.” Tess paused, wondering how the Coopers were doing.

“Did I make a mistake letting Chevy go with Livie?” Bronwyn asked.

“She’s an adult. You couldn’t have forced her to stay with you. And I can’t say that she’s less safe with Harp. Has the FBI agent, Wally Ferguson, shown up yet?”

“No. The only federal agent here today was Mia Takano. She was released from the hospital, so she came, got her stuff, and left. She was called back to the office.”

“Okay. Ferguson should check in with me first, but let me know if he does show up.”

“I will.”

Tess hung up, finished her cup of coffee, and poured another. There was so much on her plate this morning, she didn’t know where to start.

She sat at the kitchen table and took out a piece of paper, numbering the issues in front of her. First, there was the situation with Chevy. What did the Feds want to do with her? That came first, rather than what Livie Harp wanted. Tess needed to visit Harp and find out what was going on there.

Second, there was the issue of the handgun recovered, Isaac Pink’s gun. That was huge. She bet the LAPD cold case guys would be all over that information. But did it mean that Pink’s killer had been here in Rogue’s Hollow, and was he the missing gunman?

Third, there was the gunman himself, presumably Ice. He’d obviously gotten away. Tess feared that he was miles away by now, and they had to figure out how to positively identify him. He had to be Blakely’s killer. The only scenario that made sense was that Ken drove him off the mountain only to be killed for his kindness.

And last but not least, there was Tami Vasquez. What was her status? And could she tell us anything at all about what happened to her?

She perused the list, noting that she’d not gone in order of importance. The most important thing was finding the gunman. Finished, she stood and stretched. She hadn’t yet eaten breakfast and already she had the whole day planned.

But niggling in the back of her mind was Oliver and the breach in their relationship. Could it be repaired? Did she want it to be?

“Do you really think you’re any good for him?”

43

When Digger returned from his errand, he and Royal left the plane and checked into a hotel near the airport. Cyrus was all over the news. Bass discovered that the ankle monitor was disabled, that Cyrus pulled the wool over four agents tasked with watching him and he was long gone. Ice had to admire the move. He wouldn’t have thought Cyrus capable of it. The Feds were scrambling and embarrassed.