Banner Elk Breeze by Ed Robinson

Author:Ed Robinson [Robinson, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leap of Faith Publications
Published: 2018-10-23T04:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Brody came outside without the phone. She looked annoyed that I’d fired the rifle while she was talking. Maybe it was a subconscious protest against her speaking with an ex-lover. I didn’t feel threatened by him, though. I knew what Brody and I had together. Hell, she’d talked intimately with Holly, one of my exes.

“Drug-related murders are often prosecuted under federal laws,” she said. “Our only other option is if our guy committed or commits another murder in a different state.”

“Sure seems drug related to me,” I said. “Banner killed Pop over a drug crop.”

“No witness, no bullet, no weapon,” she said. “David almost sounded as bad as the Sheriff.”

“They don’t know that Pop first owned the weed,” I said. “But I do. Now we have the guy tending to the crop.”

“As far as D.C. is concerned, it’s just some yokel growing weed out in the boonies,” she said. “They can’t see how this is a drug murder.”

“Then I need to talk to Bowdich,” I said. “Start at the beginning and tell him the whole truth.”

“Hearsay,” she said. “You didn’t witness the killing.”

“If nobody cares about the weed, then no one should care that I was up there and aware of it,” I said. “I should be free to tell my story.”

“Seems like no one cares about the killing either,” she said. “We’re at a dead-end here, Breeze.”

I had been too close to it. To me, it was obvious what happened up there. I cared about bringing Banner to justice. It was less obvious to everyone else, and they simply didn’t care like I did. I could not, however, simply go shoot Banner myself. I couldn’t let myself take killing so lightly. It would change me forever. If Banner had to walk in order for me to preserve my sanity, so be it, but I would try everything I could think of to make sure he didn’t get away with it.

I just didn’t know how yet.

I took a few days to think about my next course of action. I split wood with vigor, releasing some of my frustrations. We hiked to a few waterfalls that were nearby. We ate well and slept well. We made love like it mattered. We enjoyed our new cabin life, but unfinished business irked us both. After a week, I couldn’t take it anymore. I needed to do something.

Downtown Banner Elk had no serious drinking establishments. It had fine restaurants. Some even had bars. I needed a place where a man stopped for a few beers on his way home from work. I drove around looking for a bar. I settled on the Flat Top Brewing Company just outside of town. I took a seat and was handed a beer menu. It wasn’t a blue collar kind of place. It was a craft brewery. I ordered a Wunderbier and took a look around. It was a younger crowd, wearing nicer clothes. There wasn’t a pair of work boots in the place. I wouldn’t find Banner here, or even someone who might know him.

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