Hunting the Truth by Kathleen Donnelly

Author:Kathleen Donnelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2023-07-18T15:28:08+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

A few hours later, Maya and Juniper stood in the same spot. Her cabin was gone except for the stone fireplace which somehow looked awkward and out of place without the house around it. The firefighters had been able to contain the fire. Maya had heard Josh and Pops directing several deputies to tell the neighbors to be on alert to evacuate. Around this area, neighbors were a good distance away and behind some of the ridges. Some of them might not even know what was going on until it was too late.

A headache threatened to come on and she finally moved over to Pops’s sheriff’s vehicle and leaned against it. Juniper came with her and plopped down on the ground. Maya rooted around in Pops’s patrol car until she found a water bottle and a cup. She poured some of the water into the cup and Juniper lapped it up, drinking a couple rounds.

Maya took a swig out of the water bottle and then put it back in the vehicle. She closed the door and leaned back, staring away from her cabin. She couldn’t look anymore. It was too painful. Instead, she started focusing on plotting. She wanted revenge. She wasn’t going down without a fight.

A vehicle pulled up and Miranda hopped out. “I’m so sorry, Maya. I’ll do everything I can do to find evidence so that we can figure out who did this.”

“I’m pretty certain it was Eric Torres.”

“Probably,” Miranda said. “But you never know. He could be working with someone.”

“True,” Maya said. “It sounds like this crime ring is bigger than we realized.”

Miranda tried to give Maya a reassuring smile. “Well, I guess I better go get to work. From the sounds of it, I have lots of brass to process.”

“That’s for sure,” Maya said. “Let me know if you need help. I have some contacts in other counties from working the national forests in their areas. They might be willing to lend a hand.”

“I appreciate it, but I think I have it handled. If not, you’ll be the first to know. I may have to talk to your grandfather about hiring another CSI tech if crimes keep happening around here at this rate,” Miranda said, picking up her case with all her supplies. “I’ll let you know if I find something you don’t know about.”

“Thanks,” Maya said.

Miranda headed off toward the smoldering cabin. She would probably start to process the scene from the outside in and only once the firefighters told her it was safe. Pops and Josh were walking in Maya’s direction. Pops placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed.

“It’ll be okay, Maya,” he said. “The main thing is that you’re okay.”

Josh studied her, and Maya had to look away. She had a feeling he knew what she was thinking about: finding Torres and getting revenge. He would definitely try to talk her out of it, but Maya didn’t want to hear it right now. Her temper was as hot as the fire that had just blazed through the cabin, only her fire was still burning.

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