Hideout at Whiskey Gulch by Elle James

Author:Elle James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-11-05T20:29:14+00:00

Chapter Ten

Even after all those years, Mrs. Blair was just as sassy as ever. That was why he’d gotten along with her so well. She hadn’t treated him as a child. More as an equal. She’d made his high school years much more tolerable.

Matt led the way out to Aubrey’s Jeep and held the door while she climbed in.

Aubrey waited until he got in before she said, “So, you weren’t such a bad boy as you thought you were back in high school, were you?” She shot him a look, cocking an eyebrow.

“I was bad enough to keep people at a distance, if I wanted to.” He grinned. “And don’t let ol’ Mrs. Blair fool you. She was no saint. Her opinions were radical. She just didn’t share them with many.”

“And she shared them with you?”

He nodded. “Often. We had many a debate, after school.”

“Are we going to check out the places she suggested?” Aubrey asked, shifting the Jeep into gear.

“We can bring it up to the sheriff. I don’t feel comfortable poking around abandoned buildings with you when the guys who shot up your place might be there with fully loaded semiautomatic weapons.”

“You have a good point.” Aubrey shivered. “I don’t know how you military guys can go into battle with bullets flying all around you.”

“We did what we had to,” Matt said, staring out the front windshield, images of past battles flooding his memories. “We didn’t have anyone else to go in for us.”

“I don’t know why we didn’t think of Mr. Morrison when he ran into us at the diner.”

Matt’s lip curled. “It was all I could do to tolerate him for more than the minute he interrupted our breakfast.”

“He is a bit pushy,” Aubrey said. “Do you think he’d heard about the trouble at your mother’s house?”

“It’s hard to say. He didn’t mention it, but why single you out today, of all days?”

“Seems strange.” Aubrey pulled out onto the highway and drove toward town. “That’s the first time he’s approached me since I came to Whiskey Gulch.”

“His timing could be lousy, or he knew about the attack this morning, but didn’t say anything.” Matt pulled out his cell phone and keyed a text message to Sheriff Richards.

“Who are you texting?” Aubrey asked.

“The sheriff. I’m passing on the sites Mrs. Blair suggested.”

“Good. I’d rather he went out there with his deputies than us.”

After he’d sent the message, his cell phone vibrated in his hand. Surely, the sheriff hadn’t responded so quickly. He checked the incoming messages.

He had a cryptic note from Juan Salazar.

Old barn Glen and Hatcher Road junction fifteen minutes

“What is it?” Aubrey asked.

“Message from Juan. He wants us to go to the old barn at the junction of Glen and Hatcher Road.”

Aubrey shook her head. “I don’t know where that is.”

“The turnoff for Hatcher is about a mile before you get to town.”

“Tell me when we get close.” She leaned toward the steering wheel, staring closely at the road in front of her, a frown denting her brow.

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