Murder! Too Close To Home (The Adventures of Gabriel Celtic Book 1) by J.T. Lewis

Author:J.T. Lewis [Lewis, J.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 51

March 21, 1997

We thanked Dale for his help, promising we would keep in touch before we headed back to town. We were both quiet on the drive back, lost in thought over our discovery.

Betty was not going to believe it, we had proven her whole theory about the second person, and that that person was a woman. At least the theory was proven in mine and Frank’s minds, we were just not able to make if official yet.

About half way back to town, we passed the Guilford covered bridge park. I could still make out the bridge as we drove by, noticing the new paint and roof on the recently burned out bridge. I remembered reading in the paper that they were going to fix the outside facade, even though the inside repairs were not complete. Their theory was that by fixing the shell, it would protect the inside from any further degradation, as well as giving shelter to anyone working on the old structure.

I continued thinking about the old bridge for the next few miles, not only because it was easier than thinking about our case, but also because I used to play around on it when I was a kid. In fact, I could remember way deep down in my memory banks actually driving across it with my mom and dad when it was still being used. That had been more years ago than I cared to think about.

A couple of other childhood memories floated through my brain, thinking mostly about my mom and dad, happy memories of childhood and love I suppose. Eventually my thoughts turned back to the bridge, again thinking about repairing the roof, the siding. You would do this to protect...

“DAMN!”

Frank, who had himself been lost in thought while driving, swerved slightly at my outburst, getting the car quickly back in control before looking at me with a puzzled look.

“What the hell was that about?” he questioned, surprise still in his voice.

“I’m an idiot, that’s what. I was discounting old houses that looked fixed up in our search because they looked too good to have a room like I saw in my dream. Any sane person would fix up the outside first, so that you could then work on the inside…I’m an idiot.”

“You know, that’s true, but I didn’t think of it either,” Frank said in regard to my mistake. “We did this on the spur of the moment, probably just didn’t think it through well enough.”

“I know, but I can think of at least three houses we passed up because of that, and I don’t remember where they were.”

“Well then, we’ve got a choice to make my friend. Either we keep going and then start over when we are done, or we start over now, using our new outlook to investigate more of the buildings. I don’t see any shortcut way out of this if we want to be thorough.”

Frank was right as usual, about everything. We had jumped the gun and wasted time; and we would have to do it again.

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