Hard Country by Reavis Wortham

Author:Reavis Wortham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks

Chapter Twenty-Nine

I plucked a beer from my fridge and handed one to Harley. The house was dark when we got home, and I was concerned. Tammy was supposed to bring Chloe and be there when we got back. “They oughta be here by now. I tried to call Chloe, but it went straight to voicemail. That’s kids for you; they don’t want to talk to anyone.”

“They’d rather text.”

“I did, but she hasn’t answered yet.”

“I tried Tammy.” He twisted the cap off. “She didn’t answer when I called, so I left her a message. Hope it went through. I didn’t have a good signal. You should’ve had ’em put in a stronger repeater while they were installing your security system.”

“All this is draining my bank account pretty fast. I’ll have one put in later.”

“It’d make it easier to check those cameras we installed too. It takes way too long to download the images.”

“You getting much off them?”

Harley loved his gadgets and couldn’t wait to see what the cameras captured during the day. “Sure ’nough.” He punched at the screen for a minute, then turned the phone so I could see. There must have been twenty images of cars going into and coming out of Atchley’s drive. There were twice as many other photos of pickups going down the road. Some pulling cattle trailers, others of trailer loads of hay. In one, a tractor passed. In another, two kids in a four-wheeler.

“Action’s picking up this evening.” Harley used two fingers to expand the image on his screen. “Here’s one shot just before dark. Look here at this. Two guys in a black Toyota sedan. They weren’t there five minutes.”

“Long enough to make a buy. Look here at this camera.” Located near our gate, it covered the drive and the road. “They pulled in and look what they did.” He was right. The sedan nosed in to our gate and a few seconds later, the interior flashed as someone struck a lighter. “They made a buy, then pulled in here so one of them could fire up a pipe and take a hit. Then they hit the road and fogged it. Look at all the dust and gravel he threw up.”

I tilted the bottle and swallowed. “I can’t believe they pulled into my gate to do dope.”

Harley stuck the phone in his pocket. “This beer’s good, but I need some water.” He put down the bottle and found a glass in the cabinet. He pushed it against the ice dispenser set in the refrigerator door, and the mechanism rumbled without producing one single cube. “You know, I’m thinking you need a dog here.” He pushed the lever harder, as if more pressure would help. “What’s up with this thing?”

“There’s something wrong with it. Must have made it mad when we moved everything. Just open the door and get your ice from the bin.”

Ice rattled again as he dug a handful from the freezer. “Anyway, I think Chloe should stay with us.” He turned to the sink.

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