Searching for Justice (Redwood Coast Rescue Book 3) by Tonya Burrows

Author:Tonya Burrows [Burrows, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dream by Day Publishing
Published: 2023-07-17T18:30:00+00:00

He changed his story.

Rose couldn’t believe it.

Larry came out onto his porch when they pulled up, almost as if he’d expected them. He always looked a little sad with a hang-dog expression of droopy eyes and sagging jowls, but now he was downright grim as he watched them get out of the Tahoe.

He nodded to Ash. “Sheriff.” Then he looked at Rose, but she noticed he couldn’t hold her gaze. “Rose. I’m mighty sorry for what happened to you.”

“Thank you. I’m okay now.”

“Good.” He still looked at everything but her. “That’s good.”

“You know why we’re here,” Ash said, making it a statement rather than a question.

Larry scrubbed a hand over those jowls, then gave a sigh that moved his shoulders. “Suspect so. You want to know what I saw the morning her mama”—he nodded toward Rose— “vanished.”

“Why didn’t you ever tell me you testified against my Dad?” Rose asked.

He lifted his shoulders in a helpless shrug. “I felt bad. I felt stupid. Jerry Tennison—we went way back. We were in kindergarten together, for chrissakes. I’ve known him all my life, so when he took my words and twisted them to fit what he saw was the truth—well, I had no reason to doubt him. Maybe what I saw was what he thought I saw. Figured he knew better’n I did, so I said what I said. But, honest to God, I don’t know what I saw. Pete was there and he was putting stuff in his trunk, but I didn’t see what it was and couldn’t tell you what time it was when I saw him. I was working in the yard. Always lose track of time out there, you know?”

Ash took a card out of his wallet and passed it to Larry. “You need to call this man, Cal Holden, and tell him exactly what you just told us.”

Larry frowned at the card. “Am I in trouble?”

Rose glanced over at Ash. He was pissed. She could see it in the jumping muscle of his jaw, but he somehow managed to keep his voice gentle when he said, “You do the right thing, call Cal, tell him what you told me, and as far as I’m concerned, we’re good. Okay?”

Larry nodded. “I really am mighty sorry about all this.”

Back in the car, Rose watched Larry through the windshield as Ash backed out of the driveway. He was pacing his porch, the card in one hand while he held a cell phone to his ear with the other. He looked worried, almost child-like, as if he still expected to be scolded.

“I never noticed it before because he’s always drunk when I see him, but he’s…” She searched for a way to put it that didn’t sound cruel. “He has an intellectual disability, doesn’t he?”

And there, finally, was the anger, thrumming in Ash’s voice. “Making him the perfect witness for Tennison to mold.” He banged a fist on the steering wheel. “Fucking Tennison.”

She looked out the side window as they passed her childhood home.

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