Snow In Montana by RJ Scott

Author:RJ Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance, cowboy, mm romance, montana, actor, closet, crooked tree ranch, a cowboys home, the ranchers son
Publisher: RJ Scott

Chapter 11

~ Ryan ~

The call came in at a little after 10:00 a.m., just after Ryan finished the last of his coffee. Someone had found a car abandoned on the side of the road, the doors open and no one in sight.

“Registration?”

“Andrew James Vale, thirty-seven, address in Missoula. No record of the car being reported stolen.”

“Track down the owner.”

“On it.”

His deputy, Stefan, was brand new to the office, only a few days out of training, with good instincts but with a tendency to play everything by the rules—to the absolute letter of them, actually. He hadn’t got to the point where he could make decisions for himself but that was okay with Ryan. Stefan seemed like a good guy, genial and easy to have around the office. Also, he made awesome coffee.

Stefan looked excited to have this action early on a Monday morning, and Ryan attempted to focus while actually feeling a small adrenaline rush at having something to do. He always left Mondays clear for admin, with no school visits or community action work, and it wasn’t as if Jedburgh was a hotbed of drama. A stolen car was as good as it was going to get this early in the week.

Well, apart from Justin and Adam going missing all those years ago, but other than that….

They made good time. There had been no more snowfall over the weekend and the roads were clear and ice free.

The man hovering by the potentially stolen car visibly vibrated with excitement. “I stayed to help you, to make sure no one took it.”

“We’ve got this now, sir,” Stefan said. “Thank you.”

The man pressed ahead. “My name is Oscar Dryden. Do you need to write that down? It’s just that I don’t often see someone pulled over up here, and I’d have missed it if the snow hadn’t melted off some, and then I looked inside and it was empty, and there is a kid’s car seat in the back, and so I got to thinking that—”

“Sir,” Stefan interrupted, “I have your name. If you could give us a number, we’ll contact you if we need anything else.”

Oscar read out his cell number; Stefan made a note of it, took some other details and then photos, while Ryan considered what he had in front of him. He waited for Stefan to report on what he’d found as soon as Oscar drove away. Ryan recognized the man from town, one of the new home owners who worked in Missoula and lived out here in lower-cost housing, commuting to the city every day. When he left, they began to sort things out.

“Okay, one empty and abandoned car,” Ryan said. “What did you find on the owner?”

“Andrew James Vale, thirty-seven. Wife Pauline Marie, twenty-nine, and son Simon, six. No report of a stolen car. I’ve put a call in with the local cops to do a house visit.”

Ryan leaned into the car, careful not to touch anything. “Tell me what you see,” he said.

Stefan straightened his shoulders, looking every inch the newbie.

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