A Murky Murder by Constance Barker

Author:Constance Barker [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Constance Barker
Published: 2019-01-09T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

So Much Stuff

Charli had thought that camping would be a simple matter, so it surprised her when she saw the huge pile of gear that Dorian had in his back room.

“All this stuff.... what do we actually need?” She asked, feeling helpless.

“A little of everything,” he said. “You can probably skip the snowshoes, but a tent, cots, sleeping bags....” As he talked he grabbed various items and put them into two stacks.

“The little pile is what I need, right?” she asked.

“Fortunately. Some of this other stuff is tropical, some arctic....”

When he thought he’d found everything she needed, they started carrying it out to the car. By the time it was all loaded, she had to hope that Elle wasn’t bringing a lot.... there wouldn’t be room for it.

When Charli picked her up, Elle took one look at the loaded car and laughed. “I didn’t take this much with me when I took a two-week trip to Europe.”

“I wasn’t sure what we needed, so I brought everything that looked like camping gear.”

“Well, I brought clothes and things like that, and a picnic basket of food I like,” Elle said. “We might need to stay out there, but I have no intention of cooking over an open fire.”

“I don’t think we can do that, anyway. The last time we were out there, there was a sign talking about a high fire danger alert,” Charli told her. “When I called Ranger Tanner to ask if we could reserve the same campsite the fishermen stayed in, he said we’d need a gas stove if we planned to heat anything or make coffee.”

“And do we have one?”

Charli shrugged. “There are stove-like boxes and some gas canisters, so I hope so. I didn’t open anything.”

“Gee, this camping trip will be a lot like Christmas, only if you don’t get the right presents, there'll be hell to pay.”

Charli laughed. “It isn’t that bad. I think Dorian made sure we have everything we need and then some. The worst case scenario, we'll be miserable all night.”

Elle snorted. “That’s bad enough to make me grumpy. Which reminds me, are you sure this trip is really necessary for you to track the guy? I was thinking that we could just wait, in comfort, until I find out if he and Christine got on a plane for Mexico. We could go to your house and send out for pizza and pretend we went camping.”

“I need to be out here at night. I’ve got impressions, but they aren’t clear and finding him requires clarity, right?”

“Right.”

“If my dreams have a real connection to this place, to what happened, then proximity, having the tactile sensations, should help clear things up. But impressions fade so we can’t wait. It should do the trick.”

“Should? I don’t like the sound of that.”

“Hey, what I do, whatever I do, isn’t exactly a science.”

“Or an art, as far as I can tell.”

“But it is something that you asked me to try to do for you, Miss Snide.”

“Yeah, okay. I did ask, and you are getting your pound of flesh.

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