My abruptness had never thrown him. “He will first thing in the morning. Fletcher’s youngest daughter, Lannie, arrived in town today.”
“Where’s she staying?”
“Local hotel.”
“Which one?”
“You can’t talk to her.”
“Why not? She was in on the lie with her father. They both knew that Tristan was alive and changed her name to Susan.”
“The cops are still interviewing her. They don’t need you complicating the process.”
“Susan hid from everyone for almost thirty-one years. She knows how to get around unnoticed. If she were going to run again, she’d be smart. She’d change her appearance and ditch her car for another one. I bet she had a go-bag with cash in the house.”
“There’s a BOLO out for her and her second vehicle, which is a gray four-door sedan.”
“The kind of car no one pays attention to.”
“They are now.”
“Colton turned white when I told him Tristan was alive.”
“Good. Let him chew on that for a while.”
Susan had said that Colton had had an accomplice. My mind had jumped to Kevin. Was that simply because I didn’t like the guy? “Susan didn’t tell the entire truth.”
“What’s she holding back?”
“I keep thinking back to Taggart’s impression of Tristan. She was seductive, combative, and high. I wonder if Colton dragged her in that trailer or she went willingly.”
“Not a rape?”
“She wouldn’t be the first girl to make a bad decision and then turn the tables on the story.”
“What about what she saw in the trailer?”
“That was too on point not to be real. That’s the moment she realized she’d chosen the wrong guy.”
Thunder clapped and lightning lit up the sky. Cody whimpered.
“Cody doesn’t like the thunder,” I said.
“No, he does not. For such a big dog, he’s a baby.”
“Maybe he’s just wise to the dangers of storms.”
Grant chuckled. “You could be right. We have the pizza in hand. We’ll be back at the cabin in a half hour.”
I walked toward the window, straining the limits of the phone cord. My reflection in the glass obscured what could be out there.
A shifting in the shadows caught my attention. Gaze narrowing, I searched the tree line.
“Did you hear what I said?” Grant asked.
“Sorry, I’m staring at the woods. I thought I saw something out there.”
“Are you sure? No one goes up there.”
