Don't Keep Silent by Elizabeth Goddard

Author:Elizabeth Goddard [Goddard, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense;Suspense Fiction;FIC042060;FIC042040;FIC027110
ISBN: 9781493423118
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2020-04-27T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

4:15 p.m.

Liam rolled his neck to ease the tension. He would have to text the sheriff regarding Rae’s earlier conversation with Enzo Astor, building the case for storming his home, little by little. Often that’s all they could do. Chip away until they uncovered the truth.

A truck exited the driveway. Liam lifted his binoculars to check the passengers.

The truck stopped where the drive intersected with the road and then pulled out and turned north, towing a trailer loaded with two snowmobiles. This wasn’t what Liam had expected.

“Is he in that truck?” Rae said.

“Yes. Along with his usual sidekick.”

“Aren’t we here to see if he responds to the sheriff’s news?” she asked.

“And this is his reaction. Strange, but there it is.”

“Since he left his house, this might be a good time to hike the woods and get closer to the house. Look through binoculars. Take pictures with a zoom lens.”

“Or now might be a good time to follow him and see where he goes after learning his brother was murdered five years ago, though he’s known that for a while, it would seem. I’m not convinced he doesn’t know who killed his brother either.”

“You mean Zoey.”

“We can’t know that she killed him.”

“The timeline works. If you had seen her when she came back—”

“I hear you. But something seems off. I don’t know what it is yet.”

“Let me know when you figure it out.”

“You’ll be the first to know,” he said as he continued to follow Astor’s truck.

Liam hung back as far as he could and ended up stuck behind a snowplow and two additional cars. He didn’t dare pass them on the bridge. The truck turned onto a road and left the snowplow behind. By the time Liam’s vehicle approached the turn, he could no longer see the truck. But he’d seen it turn, so he followed. A “Road Closed” sign sat off to the side.

He kept going. “This is where following them gets tricky. The road hasn’t been plowed, and the snow is getting deeper. I’m not worried right now. My truck has four-wheel drive and a plow on the front. But at some point, Astor’s truck will have to stop. I suspect that’s what the snowmobiles are for.”

“What are they doing? Having fun? Why would they be out having fun after the news of his brother’s murder?”

“Good question.” Liam slowed the truck. “We don’t want to follow too closely. Let’s wait here.”

“We could get out and hike up the road.”

“I’ll give them time to get on their snowmobiles and leave. Then we’ll drive in.”

They waited a good fifteen minutes—enough time for them to unload and get on the road. In the distance, he heard the whine of the snowmobiles. Good enough. He steered along the forest road, the woods thickening along with the snow, but he kept to the tracks the other truck had created until finally he spotted the empty truck and trailer ahead. He stopped about ten yards from Enzo Astor’s truck.

Beyond Astor’s vehicle, the snow was several feet deep.

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