The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch 1) by Doiron Paul

Author:Doiron, Paul [Doiron, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780338163
Publisher: Constable Robinson
Published: 2012-10-17T22:00:00+00:00

Later I learned that Truman Dellis had been aiming a rifle at Charley Stevens while he stood on the stairs.

My father chewed him out about it. “What were you going to do? Kill him over a damned deer, you fucking idiot? What the hell’s wrong with you?”

I was unimpressed by this sudden show of conscience or rationality or what ever it was, especially since we spent the rest of the night getting rid of the deer parts. Truman and my father carted the meat and bones away to bury in some secret spot in the forest while I scrubbed the kitchen clean.

The next morning, while I was working at the sporting camp, Charley Stevens returned with another game warden to inspect my father’s camp and truck. Russell Pelletier was pissed about it, but he told me they didn’t find so much as a deer hair. Truman Dellis spent the next day with a smug grin on his face, but I knew my father had been humiliated by having the wardens search his cabin. And he hadn’t even been able to keep the deer.

A few days later, I told him that I wanted to go home.

“It’s about the other night, isn’t it?”

“No.”

“That Truman is a crazy son of a bitch when he’s drinking. I don’t know what the hell got into him.”

“That’s not it.”

Color rose to his face. “So what is it, then?”

“This isn’t what I expected it would be.”

“I’m not driving you to Waterville.”

“That’s all right. I’ll hitchhike.”

He thought it over a bit, then said, “Pelletier’s going to Augusta tomorrow. Maybe you can get a ride out with him.”

“I’d appreciate it.”

“I never promised you anything,” he said.

“No,” I said. “You didn’t.”

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