Silent Trigger: A London Carter Novel (London Carter Mystery Series Book 3) by BJ Bourg

Author:BJ Bourg [Bourg, BJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-04-14T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 29

Sneezing from somewhere in the rear brought me back to the present. Cade had been coughing intermittently and I stopped briefly to ask him if he was okay.

“My allergies are acting up,” he explained. “It happens this time of year.”

I nodded and moved on. If we wanted to find the victim before nightfall, we needed to get busy.

After about thirty minutes of trudging forward—my muscles aching and my shirt ripped from when I’d snagged it on a large branch earlier—I broke through the edge of the tree line and came upon an open field of tall grass with small saplings scattered about. Directly ahead of me at the center of the field was an ancient oak tree that rose toward the sky like a giant piece of broccoli. I stopped and stared for a moment, awestruck by the sheer size of the monster tree.

“That’s it!” Cade said, brushing by me and breaking into a stumbling jog across the field. “That’s the giant oak I was telling you about.”

I thought about stopping him, but decided against it. If he ran off out here, he’d be alligator food before sunup tomorrow morning.

When Kevin walked by, I noticed his eyes were red and his face was swollen.

“You okay?” I asked.

He rubbed his leaky nose on the short sleeve of his uniform shirt. “This shit happens every time I go out in the woods in the Fall. It’s a curse, I know, but someone’s got to have it.”

Dawn stopped beside me and threw the axe to her shoulder. “This is a big field. I hope he knows exactly where he buried the man.”

I glanced up at the sun. It was making a beeline for the west and I knew we only had a few hours of daylight left. Rumbling from the south got my attention and I turned to see dark clouds gathering in the area of the Gulf. I pointed to it. “I hope that’s not coming this way.”

Dawn grunted. “We need to get moving.”

While she dropped her backpack and pulled out her camera to photograph the area, I walked to where Cade was circling through the tall grass north of the tree. Stella and Kevin were watching him like vultures, almost eager for a chance to take him out.

“Well, do you remember where you buried him?” I asked.

Without answering, Cade lifted his chained hands as far as he could and lined them up with a second tree in the distance. He then backed up until he came into contact with the trunk of the massive oak. Keeping his hands trained on the second tree, he began counting out loud as he paced forward.

When he reached the number twenty-three, he stopped and stabbed at the ground with his heel. “This is the spot.”

“How sure are you?”

“I’m positive.”

“Would you bet your life on it?” My eyes narrowed and I took a step toward him, enjoying how he squirmed in his jumpsuit. “I’m serious, Cade, this had better not be a hoax.”

“I…no, it’s not a hoax.

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