Beverly Barton by Navajo's Woman

Author:Navajo's Woman
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-17T20:56:42+00:00

Chapter 10

Tell him that he can't go," Andi said. "He hasn't recovered enough to be gallivanting all over creation."

J.T. shrugged. Joanna's eyes widened as she shook her head in a noncommittal gesture.

“Woman, I am going. And if you want to go with me, then stop giving me such a hard time." Joe narrowed his gaze until his eyes were mere slits. "I can and will leave you here."

"You're certainly not going alone. You aren't going at all." Andi huffed, completely aggravated with Joe.

"J.T. can send someone else with me.One of the Dundee agents who flew in from Atlanta this morning."

"I am one of their agents," Joe informed her. "We'll call Wolfe and Hunter in if we find anything in Black Rock."

J.T. interjected himself into the conversation as he laid his hand on Andi's shoulder. "Look, Andi, I don't think it's going to hurt Joe to ride over to Black Rock and take a look around. You can drive and he can rest."

Andi could have gone to Black Rock alone or with one of J.T.'s ranch hands or one of the Dundee agents, but Joe was being a stubborn jackass, as usual, and insisted on going. The phone call had come in thirty minutes ago, from a distant relative of Joe's father, a man named Aaron Tuvi, who lived in a small Arizona village on the reser-vation, just over the New Mexico border. Black Rock had a population of about three hundred and whenever strang-ers showed up, residents were bound to take notice. Aaron had overheard some men talking at the trading post about squatters having moved into an abandoned house on the outskirts of town. Someone had caught a glimpse of a teenage boy entering the old shack.

Aaron had immedi-ately thought about Russ and Eddie, because word had traveled throughout the reservation about the missing boys. Since Aaron was "family," he had gotten in touch with J.T. instead of the Tribal Police.

"I'm glad Aaron didn't try to confront the boys," Joe said. "If he had, they might have bolted and run. Or he could have frightened them and somebody might have gotten hurt."

"Since the rifle we found at the mine belonged to Mr. Lovato, same as the stolen truck, then we can assume the boys aren't armed, except possibly with knives."

Joe nodded.

"Let's just hope that someone else in Black Rock doesn't put two and two together and call the police,"

Andi said.

"All the more reason why we shouldn't waste time arguing," Joe told her. "If we head out now, we can Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html

be in Black Rock within an hour."

"Oh, all right." Andi knew when she'd lost a battle, and she had most definitely lost this one. Although he was still healing from a gunshot wound, Joe had no intention of letting anyone else spearhead the search for the boys.

J.T. and Joanna walked with them out to the Expedi-tion, and waved goodbye as Andi headed the SUV

west-ward. With every mile that took them closer to Black Rock, she prayed that the squatters Aaron Tuvi had heard about really were Russ and Eddie.

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