Blood Cries; Blood Oath; Blood Work by Michael Lister

Author:Michael Lister [Lister, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pulpwood Press
Published: 2016-11-14T22:00:00+00:00

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While Sam waits at Iola Landing for forensics to arrive, I drive to the end of the road to check in with Ralph and Tommy.

I find Ralph first.

“How’s it going?” I ask.

“It’s a goin’,” he says. “Slow and steady. All it takes is time and stubbornness and we have plenty of both.”

“What’s the longest it has taken to find someone?” I ask.

“Thirty-two days.”

“Wow.”

“Bodies do tricky things down there on the bottom. We call it walkin’. Can go on for miles, just bouncing along.”

“What’s the shortest?”

“Less than an hour.”

I nod and look out at the activity on the river, the slow-moving boats and the search and rescue volunteers aboard them.

“But we always get our man,” he says. “Or woman. We won’t leave until we do.”

I nod. “What y’all do for our community, and for the families of the victims, is such a gift. Thank you again.”

“Our pleasure.”

“Have you seen Tommy?”

“He’s around here somewhere. Only goes home for a few hours in the middle of the night. Rest of the time he’s here searching, helping, supporting. Just stand there and act like you need help and he’ll show up eventually.”

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