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Beau leaned forward in his chair “That trucking business would be an ideal front for s”

“That’s what I thought, too,” Tori said “One of round check on Stella Her record’s clean”

“Which could h to let other people do her dirty work,” Will said “What about the bartender?”

“So far he’s a mystery man Nobody seems to know his real name”

“If we can get a photo of hiet my friends at the DEA to run it,” Beau said “Whoever the ood look at his tattoos, but even at a distance they looked like prison work If I had to guess who killed Slade, he’d be at the top of my list”

“There’s more here,” Tori said “It see company”

“Sky mentioned that,” Beau said

“Did you also know that Stella pro the place now Natalie told ed about it”

“Lute?” Will shook his head in disbelief “That lazy little—”

“Natalie shouldn’t be erous She needs to stay away, Tori”

“Try telling Natalie that,” Tori said “She’s determined to help you any way she can She read Axelrod the riot act for ju other suspects I talked to the sheriff this ”

“Is he still trying to prove I killed that poor girl, too?”

“I’ested that I use your PTSD as a defense to help you avoid the death penalty As far as he’s concerned, the case is as good as closed”

Beau exhaled raggedly He’d done his best to stay cal to wear on his brother

“Let’s look at the big picture,” Will said, changing the subject “Lute orking here on the ranch Beau fired him Slade hired him Slade was killed, Beau was framed for the murder, and Lute stepped into Slade’s old job What’s the common denominator here?”