“Thanks for meeting me, Blake,” Max said and took a sip of his coffee. “If it’s about tomorrow, the barn’s empty,” I said and he shook his head. “It’s not. I have to ask you some questions.” He was looking uncomfortably at me and I knew. “Ask away, Max.” I was smiling but inside I began to worry. Had I messed up somehow? I looked over at Charlotte and she looked away quickly. “I received a missing person’s report from Nevada. Some ex-cop and a group of his friends went missing. His brother has no clue where he is. His phone’s off and they haven’t heard from him since Saturday night,” Max said. “Nevada?” I asked with a frown. “Why did they send it to you?” “Blake, the guy, Andrew Douglas, he called in your registration number to the Dubuque Police Station to request your address,” Max

