From the Grave--A McKenzie Novel by David Housewright

Author:David Housewright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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I climbed inside the car and slid behind the steering wheel. The car was running. I hadn’t realized how cold I was until I felt the warmth of the heater.

Bobby had been working his smartphone. He slid it into his pocket. “Well?” he said.

“I was nearly assaulted by two giant alpacas.”

“Alpacas are among the gentlest creatures on earth. They have them in petting zoos, for God’s sake.”

“If you say so.”

“What did you find?”

“Mrs. Nowak is there, wrapped in her purple-and-gold quilt just like Kayla said. They left her against the side of a couple of trees because the ground was too frozen to bury her.”

Bobby stared at me for a few beats. Either he thought I was kidding him or he was having a difficult time digesting the news.

Finally he said, “She was telling the truth, then. Kayla Janas. She actually knew. How is that possible?”

“Kayla said that Ruth told her where we should look.”

“How is that possible?” Bobby shook his head as if he needed to dislodge a thought. “When she told me about Mrs. Nowak, my first impulse was to slap her in the mouth. I had this feeling, though—something told me I needed to be here. Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?”

“I’m starting to.”

“We can’t tell anyone about this,” Bobby said. “Can you imagine what the assistant county attorney would say? I’ll have to find a way to connect Finnegan with Nowak and use that to get a warrant to search her property. Dammit. How is this possible?”

“I don’t know. If one thing is true, though, does that mean all the other things they’ve been saying are true as well?”

“You’re asking me, after the speech I gave Hannah Braaten in my living room?”

I put the Mustang in gear and started working my way back toward St. Paul. We didn’t have much more to say to each other until we reached the St. Croix Crossing.

“Hey, Bobby,” I said, “I did you a favor. Now you need to do one for me.”

“What?”

“Tell me where I can find Ryan Hayes.”

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