Cold Aim by Janice Cantore

Author:Janice Cantore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance / General, FICTION / Romance / Clean & Wholesome
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2019-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

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Tess finished with Tami’s car as an icy rain began to fall. It was early for this type of cold storm, and Tess wondered if it foreshadowed a long, harsh winter. She did a cursory walk-through of the parking lot and viewing area while waiting for Forest Wild, local automotive shop owner, to arrive and tow the car to his facility. Tess saw no reason to put a hold on the automobile, so Forest would keep it until Tami’s mother could pick it up.

Tess had spoken to Tami from time to time, like everyone in town had. She was the normal day cashier at the only market in Rogue’s Hollow. She’d been divorced once, so the first place they’d look would be the ex. Tami had no kids and lived not far from her mother, behind the station in a small house she shared with a roommate. She always walked to work in the summertime. She was a likable, if a little talkative, woman.

Before she would even voice the idea that foul play might be involved, a question bounced around in Tess’s head: Who would want to hurt her?

She chewed on that question and her lower lip as she drove to the market. Bender was writing on his notepad as she parked. He’d finished by the time she walked to where he stood.

“The other cashier at the market told me that Tami’s date was with one of the guys on the cleanup crew,” Bender said.

Irritation spiked inside, and Tess frowned. “The cleanup crew again? At the rate they’re going, they’re likely to have done more harm than good.”

“I hear you. No one got a name on the guy, but two of the other women who work at the market said the guy was older but hot. I’ve got a call in to the supervisor who was overseeing the cleanup. They’d be here by now if they were working today. Their work is almost finished. Pete’s talked about ending the detail early.”

Tess nodded. Pete had told her that the most devastated and at-risk properties were as good as they could make them. If a big storm hit, he didn’t foresee anything catastrophic happening. So the work detail was ending, and she’d have to get her mind back onto Tami and off things she had no power over at all.

“As I recall, she was divorced. Any bad blood with the ex?”

Bender shook his head. “Divorce was about three years ago. I know Frank, the ex; he lives in White City with his new wife. He’s happy as a clam, not the type to get physical. But to be thorough, I asked Jackson County Sheriff’s to run by his house and talk to him.”

“Okay, so it sounds as if we really need to look into the work crew. Did anyone see her leave with this ‘hot guy’?”

“No, all I got was that he might have been riding a motorcycle. You know the night crew at the market is light. Everyone was busy with their work when Tami left with her date.

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