Life at the Ranch by Malone Misty

Author:Malone, Misty [Malone, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2015-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

At supper that evening Alicia told Bo and Wyatt about the buildings she'd found for rent, and how much they would cost. They were discussing them when the doorbell rang. Wyatt went to answer the door, and came back a minute later with Sheriff Culler and Deputy Sam Cryton.

Bo stood as they walked into the room. “Not again,” he muttered as he held his hand out to the sheriff. “Good evening, Sheriff, Deputy. Do we have another new case, or information on one of the old ones?”

“Unfortunately, Mr. Hamilton, I'm afraid we need to talk to you about a new incident. I'm sorry to interrupt your dinner.”

“Not a problem, Sheriff. This must be important, though, if I'm Mr. Hamilton tonight. Wyatt, is it okay to use your office again?”

“Yes, of course.”

Bo led the way toward the office, but stopped at the door. “Alicia, would you please call Clint and ask him to come over if he can? He needs to talk to the sheriff, too. We need to get to the bottom of these.”

He led the two men into the office and closed the door. He didn't even take time to sit down before turning to the sheriff. “Now what's happened?”

“Where were you today?”

Bo's eyebrows rose. “Today? During the day? They're getting awfully brazen. I was here working most of the day, except when I went into town to the hardware and lunch with Alicia. What time are we talking specifically, Sheriff?”

The two law officers shared a quick glance before the sheriff answered. “You may have lucked out. Another house was broken into, but it was sometime around lunch. The owner left the house at 11:00 for a dentist appointment and got back around 1:45, to find the back door unlocked and things stolen.” He reached into his pocket and pulled out a pen. “Does this look familiar?”

Again, it was in an evidence bag, but Bo looked at it and shook his head. “Not particularly, no. I'm not saying it couldn't have been mine, but it's just an ordinary pen. There are numerous pens on my desk at the barn that I use regularly. I don't pay much attention to them, but I believe they all look rather similar to this, so I can't really say. Why; was this found at the scene?”

“It was, and it has your fingerprints on it. Do you mind if we look on your desk for other pens like this?”

“Be my guest.” He shook his head as he thought a few minutes. “So you need to know if anyone saw me in town today other than Alicia; am I right?”

“Yes. Anyone that comes to mind?”

“We looked at a vacant building she's thinking about renting. The owner of the building showed it to us. We went to the same college, so he and I talked some. He can probably tell you more about what time that would have been than I can. It was right before we went to lunch, but—” He paused. “Wait. I went to the equity before I met with them.

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