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“I’m sure of it. Someone was out there in the woods, keeping an eye on what happened to Terry’s body.”
“I didn’t see anyone and I’m a hunter.”
“You were distracted by grief and the dog.”
“True. And I’m still angry and distracted. I might be more of a hazard than a help to you tonight.”
“I think you’ll do fine.” He didn’t have another choice, but he wasn’t about to admit it.
“You missed the turn,” she said.
The woman kept his brain on a swivel. “We just agreed to go back to Columbia and make our cover story look good.”
“Are we being followed now?”
“No.”
“Then turn around. If the idea is to catch Lester, I want my own gear.”
“I have—”
“Dale.”
Deciding it wasn’t worth the argument, he checked the mirrors and slowed down, making the U-turn. She knew these back roads, that much was clear, but his sense of direction was excellent as well. “This isn’t the way to your house.”
“The gear I need is at the hunting lodge.”
He counted to ten, stopped at five. Now he was interrupting himself. The woman was a hazard to his mental health. “Public or private?”
“Well, it’s public knowledge my family owns the private property.”
Great. He thumped his fist against the steering wheel. They might well be walking into another Lester trap.
“I don’t see the problem. From what you’ve said, it’s not like he knew anything about me until a few days ago.”
She was right. His mistake had done that. His arrogance had put her in the line of fire. Dale discovered the truth hurt more than his bum leg.
“The hunting lodge isn’t a tourist spot or anything. We rarely rent it out. Usually we just—”
“Take friends from town.”
She grinned at him. “How’d you guess?”
“It’s the logical answer when it comes to Haleswood. You do realize there’s a great big world out there?”
“Like Columbia?”
“It’s a start,” he grumbled.
“I went away to college,” she reminded him. “I even managed to stop gawking at the great big world long enough to graduate with honors.”
“And you came running right back home.” He hadn’t meant to make that sound like an insult.
“You don’t know anything about it.”
“I’d like to.”
“Please.”
