SEAL's Code by Sharon Hamilton

Author:Sharon Hamilton [Hamilton, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, SEALs, military
Goodreads: 25175451
Publisher: AL Publishing
Published: 2015-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

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Luci hadn’t heard from Danny in over four days and began to worry. On top of that, her Uncle Corwin’s trial had started at the district building. Scores of strangers had descended upon the res, and although they were told it was for their own protection, the population, including Luci, resented the outside intrusion.

Making matters worse, another young Navajo girl went missing, and since Luci’s uncle was incarcerated, he couldn’t be blamed for it. This time, the fifteen-year-old was stolen at night from her own bedroom in an unlocked house, as was the custom. The FBI task force was interviewing anyone who knew the girl, which was just about everyone. Her parents were frantic, and whispers and rumors traveled like a high desert fire amongst the People. Nothing except for a pair of tennis shoes were missing from her room. It didn’t appear she’d had time to change her clothes, leaving the speculation she’d been taken against her will. The longer it remained a case without suspects, as the other missing or murdered girls’ cases were, the longer everyone was on edge. One thing was certain, though, there was a tribal connection somehow.

Everyone would breathe a sigh of relief when Fall arrived and the kids could be watched more closely. Summers were dangerous times on the res, and there were still many hot days left this year.

The community was looking forward to building a new casino on Navajo lands, which might bring jobs and much-needed income for the People. The suited consultants from Washington, D.C. and Las Vegas were not resented nearly as much as the government men who trumped the tribal police and pushed their weight around.

Some of the tribal police were involved with a notorious local Assistant Sheriff, Payette Fisher, a mixed Apache dirty cop who was always making a pest of himself with the Navajo women. It was rumored he’d exchanged favors for sex, but none of the women were brave enough to come forward.

A famous Navajo artist, Jenny Younghorse, came for the summer to work on the res as an artist in residence. Sarah auditioned and won a spot to be one of the dozen promising students Younghorse would mentor. In the rented warehouse building, which doubled as her temporary studio and teaching facility, Jenny opened Sarah’s eyes to the world of graphics. Sarah excelled and was more excited during her first week at the makeshift school than Luci had ever seen her. Each day, arriving at the warehouse to pick Sarah up, Luci was afraid Sarah would never want to leave.

“Your little sister has way more talent and focus than I had at her age, Luci. You should be proud.”

“Yes, we are.” Luci watched Jenny gather up palettes and brushes they’d used in an acrylic class that day while the baby stirred in her arms, waking up from a short nap. Sarah was outside taking trash to the dumpster. “She’s always got a pencil and sketchpad in her hands. It has been this way since she was six.

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