Chattering Blue Jay by Paty Jager

Author:Paty Jager
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Native American Master Tracker, Game Warden, murder mystery, remote mountain settings, mystery with a twist, Rural PNW settings
Publisher: Windtree Press
Published: 2019-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

Hawke made a list of the people he wanted to talk to and the first on his list was Tonya Cox. After another night in his own bed, he drove to Boise to talk with the woman who had started the investigation into the wrongful incarceration of Felix White. The person the Idaho courts said killed her uncle.

At the hospital, he ran into a small, feisty nurse who refused to let him talk with Tonya. “She’s only allowed family.”

He showed her his badge.

She stared at it and shook her head. “Idaho authorities are the only ones allowed in with the patient.”

Hawke walked away. He’d learned the room number and had a plan. Mathews had seemed like a person who wanted to know the truth. Hawke had asked Sergeant Spruel to do a check on the Idaho County Deputy. He’d come back as clean as Mother Theresa. That meant, Hawke could count on the deputy to help him get in to see Ms. Cox.

Spruel had also given him the number for Deputy Mathews. Hawke dialed the number.

“Mathews.”

“This is Oregon State Trooper Hawke. Got a minute to listen?”

“Yeah. I’m on leave. Someone thinks my getting tied up needs to be looked into.” The sarcasm in his voice, told Hawke all he needed to know.

“About that. I could use some help in Boise. Any chance you could run down here?” He wasn’t going to say too much not knowing who could be listening to the conversation on Mathews end.

“I can be there in two.”

The connection went silent. Hawke smiled.

«»«»«»

Mathews was true to his word. Two hours later he called and asked Hawke his location.

“St. Alphonsus Hospital. But let’s meet at the sandwich shop on Curtis.”

“Copy.”

Hawke had left the hospital after his first call to Mathews and drove around, trying to figure out the best place for them to meet. He’d noticed the sandwich shop while returning to the hospital parking lot to wait for Mathews’ call.

He headed out of the parking lot. A car that he’d noticed twice while driving around the area, pulled out of a slot three cars over as Hawke drove past. He was being tailed. Word would get back to whoever was in charge of the coverup that he and Mathews saw the Cox woman at the hospital. He’d like to keep their visit under the radar. And he’d like to keep his and Mathews’ collaboration quiet for a while yet.

Hawke dialed Mathews. “I have a tail. I’m heading to the Grocery Warehouse off Shum Road. Wait for me behind the building.”

“Copy.”

Staying the speed limit and driving as if he knew where he was going, Hawke drove the mile and a half to the large bulk grocery store. He had a card to this chain of stores but rarely shopped here for anything other than clothing. The food all came in larger increments than he could use.

He parked in an area that let him leisurely walk to the store as if he planned to go shopping. The car tailing him had also pulled into the lot, but they were still circling.

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