Ghost Medicine by Aimée & David Thurlo

Author:Aimée & David Thurlo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Tom Doherty Associates Book

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Ella was on her way out the door, Justine beside her, when her cell phone rang. As she glanced down, Ella saw that the call was from Sergeant Neskahi. She answered quickly.

“What’s up, Joe?”

“I’m on patrol duty today, and right now I’m answering a call at Truman John’s place. Mr. John claims that Norman Yazzie took a shot at him.”

“Did he actually see Yazzie do that?”

“No, but a few hours before the incident, Mr. John got into an argument with Norman’s grandmother and threatened to kill her sheep if she didn’t keep them off his land.”

“Did the grandmother file a report?”

“No. Truman said he apologized later for losing his temper, but Norman’s out for blood now. John’s words, not mine.”

“We need to question Yazzie—the grandson. I’ll meet you over there as soon as possible.”

Ella glanced at Blalock. “Can you hold off questioning O’Donnell for a couple of hours? I need to deal with another issue relating to the case,” she said, filling him in.

“Go. I can hold O’Donnell for forty-eight hours. While you’re on the Rez, I’ll have the deputies process O’Donnell’s stash and the compartment itself and see if they can get prints.”

“I’ll be back as soon as possible.” Ella glanced at her partner. “Head over to Norman Yazzie’s. I’ll update you on the way.”

* * *

Later, as they reached the hill where Harry had been shot, Ella felt her chest tighten.

“It’s hard coming back here,” Justine said softly, echoing her thoughts.

“What makes it even harder is knowing that we still haven’t found any answers,” Ella said. “We don’t even know why he was killed.”

“We will, and we’ll also find his killer. None of us will give up till we have the shooter behind bars,” Justine said.

Silence settled between them until they passed that spot in the road.

“Something else has been bothering you lately, Ella,” Justine said. “What’s up?”

Ella sighed. “I’m wondering just how good a detective I really am. Maybe I am losing my edge,” she said. “Things have been changing all around me, partner, and I never even noticed.”

“This have something to do with Carolyn dating Kevin?”

“That’s only part of it. The lives of the people I love most have been changing—a lot. Look at you and Benny. You’re ready to take things to the next step, but until you brought it up, I had no clue. I should have been more aware.”

“You can’t know everything that’s going on around you, Ella. Your family’s your priority.”

“Things are different at home, too. You should have seen my family’s reaction to that skinwalker’s attempt to scare them. Mom was as cool as could be and so was Herman, though I’m sure he’s keeping his hunting rifle loaded and ready,” Ella said. “My daughter kept her head, too. She went to look up skinwalkers on the Internet. I expected them to panic, but that never even entered the picture.”

Justine nodded slowly. “I get it. Up to now, you’ve been the one who kept things running smoothly, but now they aren’t so dependent on you.

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