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“That’s okay. I understand. You’ve been very helpful.”
Logan jammed his phone back into his pocket, then paid for the map and turned to leave. But before he made it to the door Elmer called out, “Hey, FBI agent. I sure do hope the kid turned out all right. I don’t think his childhood was anything to write home about.”
Logan turned back and grappled with what to say. “He’s certainly made an impact with his life. Went to college. Got a good job. Has a wife and two children.”
Elmer nodded. “That’s good. Thanks. You know, he had such sad eyes. That’s somethin’ I’ll never forget.”
Logan pushed the door open. It took effort since the wind pressed back with intensity. He hurried to the car, ice pellets stinging his face. He pulled his hood as far over his face as he could, trying to protect himself.
When he got into the car, Monty said, “You talked to that guy for quite a while. Did you learn anything helpful?”
“Yeah. Alex was here and got some directions from him. And he recognized Adam Walker from his photo. Knew him when he was a little boy, although not by name.”
“Did he know where they lived?”
Logan shook his head. “No, but the few times he saw the family they came from the direction of the lake. And he mentioned a small house where someone thought they saw lights recently. We need to find it. My gut tells me that’s where they lived and that’s where Alex will end up.”
“We need to call backup,” Monty said.
“Not yet. We don’t know for certain we’re going to find Walker. If we’re wrong and we pull people off what they’re doing now...”
“It could be disastrous for all of us.”
“Yeah. Let’s find the house. See if Walker’s there. If he’s not, we’ll find Alex and tell her we have to go back to the CP. Maybe I’m wrong about Harrison figuring out what we’ve done. Maybe we can just stay mum about this whole thing.”
“But if Walker is there, Logan, we’ve got to call for backup before we go inside. If we handle this wrong, we’re putting Alex and ourselves in danger. And if Walker has the virus, we could set off something more devastating than losing our careers.”
Logan turned on the windshield wipers, but they just smeared the ice across the glass. He adjusted the fan to blast the windshield, and as it warmed up, a portion cleared enough for him to see the road.
“Okay,” he said finally. “I’ll call Harrison and tell him where we are. But if he tells us to turn around, what do we do?”
Monty turned his head and looked out his window. After a few seconds he said, “Okay. Keep going. But as soon as we either find Alex or decide there’s something here that rates backup, we call it in. Agreed?”
“Agreed.”
“Then let’s go.” Monty took a deep breath. “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever done. You know we could get stuck out here. Then what?”
Logan grinned at him. “We call a tow truck?”
“Not funny. Really not funny.”
Logan pulled back out onto the road. He drove as slowly and carefully as he could. It wasn’t long before they came to the lake. Although no streetlights were out here, they did see lights along the lake. Really nice homes sat on one side, and their lights made it possible to see the water even though it looked like a puddle of black ink in the darkness.
“There’s a sign,” Monty said.
Logan slowed down. He had to squint to see it through the ice now falling in sheets, but he was certain it said Cabins. Next to the word was an arrow pointing to the right. He consulted the map. Looked like this might lead to Waywind Road.
He held his breath as he turned the car toward whatever lay ahead.
