Open Carry by Marc Cameron

Author:Marc Cameron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

FOOTSTEPS CLOMPED DOWN THE WOODEN FLOAT BEHIND CUTTER, and he looked up to find Deputy Fontaine and Trooper Benjamin coming toward Tide Dancer.

“Well, crap,” January said. “I scared you so bad you had to call for backup.”

“You need to turn your phone on, boss,” Fontaine said. She raised a wary brow toward Cross.

Cutter reached in his jacket pocket for his phone. He’d been so caught up in his conversation with January, he hadn’t felt it vibrating. “What’s up? Did you nab our bandit?”

“Afraid not,” the trooper said. “But I could use some help if you’re done here.”

January nodded. “We’re done.”

“For now,” Cutter said. He looked at Benjamin. “What’s up?”

“A couple of boys say they had a body float up on them while they were fishing in a small cove down toward Soda Bay.”

“The Burkett girl or one of the others?”

“Still unknown,” the trooper said, looking grim. “It could be someone else. Seems like someone trips over a hunter’s bleached bones every couple of years on this island. I had a lady call on a deer skeleton she saw underwater last week. So listen, Lola said you’re a diver?”

Cutter glanced at Fontaine. She must have made some calls on him to find that out. “I am,” he said.

“Still current?”

Cutter nodded. It was an understandable question. A lot of people took a diving course on vacation, then didn’t put on a tank for decades—but still identified themselves as scuba divers. It looked cool on a Facebook bio. “I did quite a bit of diving with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement team. My last dive was a couple of months ago, as a matter of fact, just before I moved to Alaska.”

“Outstanding,” Benjamin said. “I hate to ask, but I might need some help with an underwater search of the bay. It’d keep me from having to drag the bay with hooks.”

January scooped up her dog and scratched him behind the ears. “Do you think it’s Carmen?”

The trooper shook his head. “I just don’t know, Jan. The boys seem to think the body is a female, but Greg Conner had long dreadlocks, so who knows.”

The pink left January’s cheeks. “This is horrible. I have some tanks and a couple of dry suits onboard if you need them. I need to get the zipper fixed on mine, but there’s one that should fit the marshal.”

Fontaine all but growled. “That won’t be necessary. The trooper has a dry suit we can use.”

January winced as if she’d been slapped. “Okay then. Just thought I’d offer.”

“And I do appreciate it,” the trooper said. “Weren’t you just down near Soda Bay?”

“I was,” January said. “Following the whales wherever they take me.”

“Going back?”

“Other direction,” January said. “That low is sending big winds and rain our way. The orca are out with the herring and I hear there’s a pretty good run up near Kaguk Cove. I’d like to get up there before this storm hits—if I’m allowed to leave.”

“You’re fine,” Benjamin said. “Get on with your life. We know where to find you.

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