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“I think your sister must have known how to use that knee of hers before she ever made an appearance in Somerset. ” Zeke grinned.
“Let’s just say I’ve experienced her wrath more than once. But in all fairness, I’m the one that first taught her the maneuver. A girl has to know how to protect herself. ”
Zeke inclined his head in agreement. “And sometimes, a fist is needed rather than a knee,” he told the brother as he thought about his fight with Jonesy.
“Then essentially, you have no idea who killed Joe, Jaime, and their grandmother, Callie?”
Zeke shook his head. “All I know is that a woman ties them together. Joe and Jaime were involved with a woman together; they were due to meet with her the night they died. A few days ago, their grandmother told Lisa she thought she might know who the girl was. She was supposed to call me. She was found dead the next day. It looked as though she had slipped in the bathtub, hit her head, and drowned. The coroner’s report says otherwise. Callie Walker was murdered, just as her grandsons were. ”
John reached up and rubbed one finger over his lower lip thoughtfully as Zeke stared back at him.
“Rogue was attacked six months ago because of something someone thought she knew,” he mused quietly. “She was hospitalized for over a week, Sheriff Mayes. ”
“I’m well aware of that, Mr. Walker,” Zeke stated quietly. “I intend to make certain it doesn’t happen again. ”
“As am I. ” John stood to his feet then. The deliberate slouchiness he had displayed when he first entered the office was no longer apparent. The younger man moved with unconscious grace and predatory awareness now.
“John. ”
John turned back as he reached the door, his expression brooding.
“Yes, Sheriff?”
“I don’t need civilian interference in this. This is my investigation. Don’t forget that. ”
His lips quirked. “I’m here, Sheriff, to see after my sister’s welfare. ”
“As long as you stay out of my investigation,” he agreed. “And my relationship with your sister. ”
John arched an eyebrow. “You’re not her husband, and that’s the only relationship I’m required to stay out of where my sister is concerned. Perhaps that’s something you’d do well to remember. ”
John opened the door, stepped out of the office, and with a click of the latch left Zeke alone with that final thought. It was a thought that should have filled him with a sense of dread. That was his normal feeling whenever marriage was mentioned. Strangely, the dread wasn’t there now.
He shook his head at the thought of that, grabbed up his hat before strapping on his weapon and heading for the door.
“Kendal, radio Gene and inform him I’m heading out. I’d like to meet up with him at the diner in town before he takes over the evening shift,” he told his secretary.
“Gene called in while you were meeting with Mr. Walker. He had to take the rest of the day off to take his wife to the doctor in Louisville. ”
“Alicia all right?” he asked.
Kendal nodded. “It was a checkup, but she wanted Gene to go in with her. I think they’re going to visit with their daughter Willa while they’re there. ”
Zeke nodded at that. “I’ll head on out then. ”
“Sheriff, you had a call from Teddy Winfred. He asked that you stop by his place when you can. ”
Zeke stopped and turned back to her. “Teddy lives on the road that leads to the Walker twins’ place, doesn’t he?”
Kendal’s expression sobered. “About two miles. ”
“I’ll head out there now. ”
“Sheriff,” she called him back as he started to head to the door.
“Yeah?” He turned to her again, seeing the worry in her blue eyes.
“He asked me to make certain no one knew that he asked you to come to the house.
