The Secret of Death Trap Mine by Craig A. Hart & Alicia Hansen & Jonathan Cooke

Author:Craig A. Hart & Alicia Hansen & Jonathan Cooke [Hart, Craig A. & Hansen, Alicia & Cooke, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Northern Lake Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

“Wow.” Mr. Baxter huffed a breath and then reached to the desk to grab the keys to the borrowed Jeep. “Like I said kids, the internet is a strange place. For now, though, are you as hungry as I am?”

CHAPTER 13

AN ANGRY CLIENT

Abbie cringed as Mr. Everwood slammed his fist down on the desk. The man’s face was turning red, and she almost thought she could see tendrils of steam beginning to drift from his ears.

“Is this how you treat the people paying your bills, Baxter?” Everwood yelled at her father. “Have you forgotten that you work for me?”

Mr. Baxter appeared unflappable, standing in front of the desk with his arms crossed, a completely neutral expression on his face.

After their meal in town, the trio of Baxters had driven back to the outpost and found Everwood in a makeshift office, which was set up in a trailer, going over some documents. Mr. Baxter had shown Everwood the printed news article, and that was what had sent the man into his current temper tantrum.

“When we first met at the Chilkoot, you said I should follow the evidence where it leads,” Mr. Baxter reminded their client. “Is that not the case?”

Everwood emitted a low growl. “This isn’t evidence, Baxter. This is just nonsense from a rag, frontier paper back in 1899! You can’t possibly be considering this a reliable source.”

“I’ll admit that it doesn’t prove anything,” Mr. Baxter admitted. “That’s not what we’re saying.”

Everwood raised an eyebrow. “We?”

“My kids were the ones who found the article.”

“Ah. Couple of little detectives, huh?” Everwood sat back in his chair. “Maybe you two should stick to video games and leave the important stuff to grownups.”

“They’re actually quite good at investigating,” Mr. Baxter said, “but this isn’t about them. Did you know about this article?”

Everwood shook his head. “No, I did not. And, like I said, it changes nothing.”

“It changes how we might view Mr. Wong.”

“How so?”

“Well, we’ve been led to believe that Mr. Wong is just a little … well, crazy. This article would suggest that he at least has some reason to believe the mine belongs to him and his family, even if he ends up being incorrect in a legal sense.”

“And the legal sense is all I care about, Baxter.” Everwood had begun to calm down. “Let’s keep our eye on the ball, shall we? I don’t want anyone getting hurt out here, and if you get distracted … who knows what could happen.”

Mr. Baxter sighed and then retrieved the printed article from the desk. “I plan to continue investigating, including spending another night out here in hopes of catching some events on video.”

“I hope that you do,” Everwood said. His dismissive tone made it clear that he was done with the conversation. “Now, if you don’t mind, I have a lot of work to do. Massive corporations don’t run themselves, you know.” He then leaned over the desk, obviously assuming the Baxters would see themselves out of his office.

Without saying another word, Mr.

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