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She didn’t open theain until they were nearly to the crash site “It’s just ahead,” Ty said when he noticed her looking around, trying to orient herself “We can’t be sure that Logan will still be there”

“I know”

A half-mile from the site, Ty spotted a vehicle parked on the shoulder, a telltale light bar an was by the wrecked pickup in the ditch when Ty pulled level with it Ignoring the ever-present dust swirl, Ty rolled down the driver’s

Logan walked over to the truck, his glance sliding past Ty to seek out Jessy “Hello, Jessy How are you feeling?”

“Better than I did last night,” she replied “More i?”

“Not one single thing” His rih, that your tire

s were shot out But I don’t have one scrap of evidence to prove it”

“What do you mean?” Ty studied him with narrowed eyes

“I think soht A part of both tires has been hacked out If I had to guess, I would say it was the area where the bullet holes were If he had to jack the truck up to do it, he didn’t leave any clear iround was too hard or he placed soround around here is too tra for sure”

If Logan said it was so, Ty believed hiht Turning his head, Ty scanned the land that rolled away from the road to the north

“He must have been out there somewhere,” Ty stated

“Had to be,” Logan agreed “I’ve coood section of it Either he didn’t have to wait very long before you carass he flattened If he was thorough enough to cut out the bullet holes in the tires, I’ll bet he picked up the shell casings”

“Yes It sounds like he’s a careful man” And Ty could think of only one man as likely to know all the tricks—Buck Haskell Anything Buck didn’t know before he went to prison, he probably learned after he got there

Logan gave the door an idle pat and straightened fro to look around so he missed In the meantime, I would be extra careful, Ty”

“I will” Like Logan, Ty believed his assailant would try again “Have you found out where Haskell was?”